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Who'll Stop the Rain? Repeated Disasters and Attitudes Toward Government

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  • Joshua P. Darr
  • Sarah D. Cate
  • Daniel S. Moak

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Objectives We examine how prior experience with government agencies shapes citizens’ assessments of government performance. In Louisiana, two extreme weather events, 11 years apart, required intervention from the state and federal government: Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2016 floods. Were Louisianans’ attitudes toward government response shaped by their prior experiences during a natural disaster? Methods We use an original survey of Louisianans to assess the role of Katrina experience in performance assessments of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Louisiana state government in 2016. Results We find a significant negative relationship: flood aid applicants in 2016 rated state government much lower, but only if they also applied for Katrina aid. Conclusions Those with personal experience with FEMA hold lower expectations of state government performance, which deteriorated under the Jindal Administration, and look to the federal government for support. Prior experience with government agencies establishes expectations of responsibility that endure years later.

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  • Joshua P. Darr & Sarah D. Cate & Daniel S. Moak, 2019. "Who'll Stop the Rain? Repeated Disasters and Attitudes Toward Government," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 100(7), pages 2581-2593, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:100:y:2019:i:7:p:2581-2593
    DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12633
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    1. Wesley Wehde & Matthew C Nowlin, 2021. "Public Attribution of Responsibility for Disaster Preparedness across Three Levels of Government and the Public: Lessons from a Survey of Residents of the U.S. South Atlantic and Gulf Coast," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 51(2), pages 212-237.
    2. Thomas Husted & David Nickerson, 2021. "Private Support for Public Disaster Aid," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-19, June.
    3. So-Min Cheong & Matthew Babcock, 2021. "Attention to misleading and contentious tweets in the case of Hurricane Harvey," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 105(3), pages 2883-2906, February.
    4. Leanne Giordono & Hilary Boudet & Alexander Gard-Murray, 2020. "Local adaptation policy responses to extreme weather events," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 53(4), pages 609-636, December.

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