Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367472788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 312 str.

Cal Jillson

Opis

Lone Star Tarnished approaches public policy in the nation’s most populous "red state" from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives.

Spis treści

PART I The Great State of Texas?  1 The Texas Way  2 Texas: The Myth vs. the Reality  3 Demographic Change and Its Implications  PART II The Reality Thus Far  4 Jobs, Income, and Wealth in Texas  5 Public Education in Texas  6 Higher Education in Texas  7 Health and Human Services in Texas  8 Crime and Punishment in Texas  9 Good Roads, Highways, and Transportation in Texas  10 Energy and the Environment in Texas  PART III The Coming Reality 11 The Way Forward

O autorze

Cal Jillson is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State; Congressional Dynamics; Constitution-Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787; and The American Dream in History, Politics, and Fiction.