Migration, Immigration, and the Political Geography of American Cities

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Jason Anastasopoulos
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Political Geography ◽  
The Political ◽  
Residential Choice ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
American Cities

How do migration and immigration shape the political geography of American cities? In this article, we propose a mechanism of partisan sorting and demographic change which is tested using the mass migration of African Americans from New Orleans to Houston, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We argue that differences in residential choice preferences among partisans combined with demographic changes which increase diversity can induce sorting by triggering flight (migration) among ideological conservatives. Using Hurricane Katrina evacuee data from schools in Harris Country along with a variety of empirical tools, we find evidence suggesting that African American Hurricane Katrina migration led to Republican flight.

scholarly journals Differences in post-disaster mental health among Vietnamese and African Americans living in adjacent urban communities flooded by Katrina

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255303
Author(s):  
Mengxi Zhang ◽  
Mark VanLandingham ◽  
Yoon Soo Park ◽  
Philip Anglewicz ◽  
David M. Abramson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Vietnamese Americans ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Post Disaster

Some communities recover more quickly after a disaster than others. Some differentials in recovery are explained by variation in the level of disaster-related community damage and differences in pre-disaster community characteristics, e.g., the quality of housing stock. But distinct communities that are similar on the above characteristics may experience different recovery trajectories, and, if so, these different trajectories must be due to more subtle differences among them. Our principal objective is to assess short-term and long-term post-disaster mental health for Vietnamese and African Americans living in two adjacent communities in eastern New Orleans that were similarly flooded by Hurricane Katrina. We employ data from two population-based cohort studies that include a sample of African American adults (the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health [GCAFH study]) and a sample of Vietnamese American adults (Katrina Impacts on Vietnamese Americans [KATIVA NOLA study]) living in adjacent neighborhoods in eastern New Orleans who were assessed near the second and thirteenth anniversaries of the disaster. Using the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) as the basis of our outcome measure, we find in multivariate analysis a significant advantage in post-disaster mental health for Vietnamese Americans over their African American counterparts at the two-year mark, but that this advantage had disappeared by the thirteenth anniversary of the Katrina disaster.

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thad Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-715
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Coyne
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-713
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Trounstine
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

A Litany for New Orleans, 2005

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Political ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Current State

This chapter examines the current state of the image of black suffering and death and whether the radical potential of humane insight continues by focusing on New Orleans's experience with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It revisits the book's analysis and theorization of aspects of critical race spectatorship that are defined as visual encounters, in which the viewer is called upon to identify explicitly his or her relationship to race and to (anti-)racism. It also considers the political activation and mobilization of the notion of looking for antiracist ends. By discussing images of New Orleans residents in the immediate wake of Katrina, the chapter emphasizes how images of African Americans founded a rhetoric of black humanity and American justice. It argues that shifting the critical gaze from the body or from the image to the idea of humanity represents a subtle move with profoundly radical consequences for our understanding of the visual encounter.

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret E. Farrar
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 718-720
Author(s):  
Aaron Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Sakakeeny
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 716-717
Author(s):  
Martin F. Manalansan
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Us Cities

Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

scholarly journals African Americans’ Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina: A Qualitative Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S124-S129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Elder ◽  
Sudha Xirasagar ◽  
Nancy Miller ◽  
Shelly Ann Bowen ◽  
Saundra Glover ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans
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