Table of Contents

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Nonprofits and the Revanchist Agenda

1.Confronting the New Boss: Struggles for Home and Community in the Post-Segregation Era, 1965–1985

2.Undoing the Black Urban Regime: Resistance to Displacement and Elite Divisions, 1986–1988

3.Neoliberalism and Nonprofits: Selling Privatization at St. Thomas, 1989–1995

4.No Hope in HOPE VI: Dismantling Public Housing from the Nation to the Neighborhood

5.When Things Fall Apart: From the Dreams of St. Thomas to the Nightmare of River Gardens, 1996–2002

6.Whose City Is It? Hurricane Katrina and the Struggle for New Orleans’ Public Housing, 2003–2008

7.Managing Contradictions: The Coalition to Stop the Demolitions

Conclusion: Lessons from New Orleans

Notes

Index

About the Author

John Arena, assistant professor of sociology at the City University of New York's College of Staten Island, lived and worked in New Orleans for over twenty years and was involved in various community and labor organizing initiatives in the city.

Reviews

"John Arena has written an important book on an important topic. New Orleans stands out because of the travesty associated with Hurricane Katrina; however, Driven from New Orleans tells a much deeper and broader story that could be replicated in many cities. Arena provides a sorely needed account of neoliberal reorganization of American cities with the active support of nominal advocates and representatives of the impoverished populations who are displaced as part of that reorganization. It is a signal contribution to the study of black urban politics, the political economy of urban redevelopment, and the concrete dynamics of urban neoliberalism." —Adolph Reed, Jr., University of Pennsylvania