Public policy and community : activism and governance in Texas /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st University of Texas Press ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Description:	x, 301 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Community power -- Texas -- Case studies. Political planning -- Texas -- Citizen participation -- Case studies. Poor -- Texas -- Political activity -- Case studies. Political participation -- Texas -- Case studies. Municipal government -- Texas. Community power. Municipal government. Political participation. Political planning -- Citizen participation. Politics and government Poor -- Political activity. Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951- Texas. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2709353

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Other authors / contributors:	Wilson, Robert Hines.
ISBN:	0292791046 (alk. paper) 0292791054 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Community Participation in State and Local Policymaking: Overview of Issues and Methods
2. The Place of Community in Public Policy
3. Communities Organized for Public Service and Neighborhood Revitalization in San Antonio
4. The East Austin Tank Farm Controversy
5. The Indigent Health Care Package
6. School Finance Reform in Texas, 1983-1995
7. Community Organizing for Parental Engagement: The Educational Collaboratives of the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation
8. The Colonias Water Bill: Communities Demanding Change
9. The Changing Role of Communities in Policymaking
Contributors
Index

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