Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico : : Urbanization by Stealth / / Peter M. Ward.
Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions offer the only low-cost ho...
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Ward, Peter M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico : Urbanization by Stealth / Peter M. Ward. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©1999 1 online resource (307 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Perspectives on Texas Colonies and the Project Methodology -- One Introduction to toe Border Reginn and to the Case Study Cities -- Two Land and Housing Production in the Colonias of Texas and Mexico -- Three Servicing No Man's Land: Ambivalence versus Commitment in the Texas-Mexico Colonias -- Four Settlements or Communities? Social Organization and Participation in the Colonias -- Five Social Services to Colonies: Shifting the Focos toward Means Rather than Ends -- Six Conclusion: Texas Colonias and the Next Policy Wave -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic working poor. This book presents the results of a major study of colonias in three transborder metropolitan areas and uncovers the reasons why colonias are spreading so rapidly. Peter Ward compares Texas colonias with their Mexican counterparts, many of which have developed into fully integrated working-class urban communities. He describes how Mexican governments have worked with colonia residents to make physical improvements and upgrade services-a model that Texas policymakers can learn from, Ward asserts. Finally, he concludes with a hard-hitting checklist of public policy initiatives that need to be considered as colonia housing policy enters its second decade in Texas. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Slums Mexican-American Border Region. Slums Texas. Urban poor Mexican-American Border Region. Urban poor Texas. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/791244 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292799981 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292799981/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Perspectives on Texas Colonies and the Project Methodology -- One Introduction to toe Border Reginn and to the Case Study Cities -- Two Land and Housing Production in the Colonias of Texas and Mexico -- Three Servicing No Man's Land: Ambivalence versus Commitment in the Texas-Mexico Colonias -- Four Settlements or Communities? Social Organization and Participation in the Colonias -- Five Social Services to Colonies: Shifting the Focos toward Means Rather than Ends -- Six Conclusion: Texas Colonias and the Next Policy Wave -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Perspectives on Texas Colonies and the Project Methodology -- One Introduction to toe Border Reginn and to the Case Study Cities -- Two Land and Housing Production in the Colonias of Texas and Mexico -- Three Servicing No Man's Land: Ambivalence versus Commitment in the Texas-Mexico Colonias -- Four Settlements or Communities? Social Organization and Participation in the Colonias -- Five Social Services to Colonies: Shifting the Focos toward Means Rather than Ends -- Six Conclusion: Texas Colonias and the Next Policy Wave -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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