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The Politics of Institutional Reform - Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power (Paperback)
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The Politics of Institutional Reform - Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power (Paperback)
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In this ground breaking analysis, Terry M. Moe treats Hurricane
Katrina as a natural experiment that offers a rare opportunity to
learn about the role of power in the politics of institutional
reform. When Katrina hit, it physically destroyed New Orleans'
school buildings, but it also destroyed the vested-interest power
that had protected the city's abysmal education system from major
reform. With the constraints of power lifted, decision makers who
had been incremental problem-solvers turned into revolutionaries,
creating the most innovative school system in the entire country.
The story of New Orleans' path from failure to revolution is
fascinating, but, more importantly, it reveals the true role of
power, whose full effects normally cannot be observed, because
power has a 'second face' that is hidden and unobservable. Making
use of Katrina's analytic leverage, Moe pulls back the curtain to
show that this "second face" has profound consequences that stifle
and undermine society's efforts to fix failing institutions.
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