Katrina's Window: Localism, Re-Segregation and Equitable Regionalism

Troutt, David Dante

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1005956

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“…Legal localism which is fixed by local government laws (Troutt, 2008) is also challenged during disasters, when a state of emergency may be declared and the law can provisionally suspend the constitution (Agamben, 2005). In São Luiz, the local government authority was questioned and disputed by external governmental agencies, especially by the military, which invaded the city.…”

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The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process

Marchezini

2018

DPM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze some barriers and the “drivers of localism” during the long-term disaster recovery process. The main question is: what types of discourses and practices about localism are being heard and revealed in the frontline? Design/methodology/approach Fieldwork, which was conducted from January 2010 to June 2013, consisted of participant observation and qualitative data collection. The authors opted for an approach that privileges narrative and observation, dialoguing with participants to gather local knowledge and information. Data were analyzed in light of the disaster recovery literature, focusing on disaster recovery as an expression of power relations. Findings Localism has been framed in diverse ways according to the interests of social groups placed in contextual meanings and, sometimes, in different phases of risk and disaster management. One important driver of localism is disaster narrative framing that allowed identification of how localism is composed, by whom and how. Research limitations/implications One important aspect that needs further research is longitudinal studies to investigate how the barriers are changing between the generations, and how intergenerational dialogues can be promoted to sustain long-term participation and localism. Originality/value This study recommends the need to identify who is talking about the importance of local and how localism has been framed in policy and action. It is important to empower localism in order to provide ways for local people sharing what is going on in the frontline. But it is also essential to provide funding and means of implementation for local initiatives regarding advocating, researching and proposing disaster recovery interventions led by people.

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The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process

Marchezini

2018

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“…As illustrated in Figures 2 to 4, the comparable differences between a school district and its neighbors in terms of racial composition, educational attainment, and property tax contribution portray distinct spatial patterns that result from voluntary policy adoption. Local governments surrounded by dissimilar neighborhoods are more likely to exploit local power over decision-making to protect local identities and locational privileges, especially whiteness and white privilege (Barron & Frug, 2005; Swanson & Barrilleaux, 2020; Troutt, 2008).…”

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“…In specific, local education authorities are likely to keep their attendance zones closed when they are neighbored by districts with relatively fewer minority students, more highly educated adults, and higher local property tax contributions. School districts with such characteristics are typically committed to upholding the status quo, and they are likely to defensively use local power to protect local identities and privileges (Barron & Frug, 2005; Finnigan & Holme, 2018; Schragger, 2001; Troutt, 2008).…”

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New Localism in the Neoliberal Era: Local District Response to Voluntary Open-School Markets in Ohio

Lee

2021

SAGE Open

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Local education governance has allowed neighborhood schools to offer community-oriented curricula and activities, and public schools have been operated to serve only residents’ children within the defined areas. The rise of neoliberalism may, however, undermine political foundations of the traditional political systems. This article explores how self-governed local education authorities function and evolve under neoliberalism by revisiting core values in localism and neoliberalism. By looking into the voluntary open-enrollment policy in Ohio, this study finds that the local governments surrounded by dissimilar neighborhoods are more likely to depend on the mechanism of localism to protect local authorities and locational privileges. This research argues that neoliberal policies safeguard community interests by deeply engaging with interchanging resources across their borders in regional market environments.

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“…200 To be sure, history is replete with examples of local autonomy being used in regressive ways. 201 Second, there is fragmentation, where local autonomy splinters public policy and decision-making into disparate fiefdoms, often outsourcing a locality's problems to its neighbors. 202 The concerns raised by fragmentation take abstract forms-decreased political accountability, 203 decreased ability to govern, 204 and decreased capacity for state coordination 205 -and concrete forms, like increased racial and socio-economic disparities, 206 increased externalities, 207 and increased inequalities.…”

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Localizing the Public Trust

Lyness

2024

cjel

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The public trust doctrine is the manifestation of a simple principle: certain natural resources are too important to entrust to private par-ties. Instead, those natural resources are held by the government in trust for the public. When we think of the contemporary public trust doctrine, we usually think of the doctrine as a state-level phenomenon. After all, the State is the sovereign entrusted with ownership of the public trust. But the doctrine also includes local governments, which play im-portant and substantive, if under-appreciated, roles. Missing from the conversation, however, is how local governments should be incorpo-rated into the doctrine. Should local governments be permitted auton-omy as co-trustees of the public trust? Do we trust local governments to safeguard public trust assets? This Article develops a framework for the normative relationship be-tween state and local governments in the public trust context. Doing so formally recognizes the role of local governments, thus localizing a doctrine that exists almost exclusively at the state level. This Article begins by reframing the doctrine as part of the lived experience of the public rather than merely a tool of the judiciary. Next, this Article cat-alogs the benefits of localizing the public trust doctrine, including the impacts local actors already have on the doctrine, localism’s tradition-al benefits, environmental justice, and environmental federalism. This Article then proposes localizing the public trust doctrine through three principles: (1) minimum state requirements; (2) increased local autonomy; and (3) shared responsibilities between local and state governments. This framework mirrors cooperative federal-ism and shares its advantages. Finally, the Article looks at local cli-mate adaptation as a case study of how states and local governments can begin localizing the public trust doctrine.

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Katrina's Window: Localism, Re-Segregation and Equitable Regionalism

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process

The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process

New Localism in the Neoliberal Era: Local District Response to Voluntary Open-School Markets in Ohio

Localizing the Public Trust

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