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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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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