Title LBJ's neglected legacy : how Lyndon Johnson reshaped domestic policy and government / edited by Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman, and Laurence E. Lynn Jr

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (x, 481 pages .) Contents Tables; Figures; Preface; Part I. Reconsidering LBJ's Domestic Policies; 1. Understanding Lyndon Johnson's Neglected Legacies (Norman J. Glickman, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Robert H. Wilson); 2. Remembering LBJ: One Historian's Thoughts on Johnson's Place in the Pantheon of Presidents (Robert Dallek); Part II. Defining Citizenship and Immigration; 3. Ending Jim Crow, Attacking Ghetto Walls (Gary Orfield); 4. Expansion and Contraction in LBJ's Voting Rights Legacy (Jorge Chapa) 5. An Unexpected Legacy: The Positive Consequences of LBJ's Immigration Policy Reforms (Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and Esther Castillo)Part III. Education, Health, and Social Welfare Policy; 6. Head Start: Growing beyond the War on Poverty (Elizabeth Rose); 7. Lyndon Johnson and American Education (Gary Orfield); 8. The Health Care Legacy of the Great Society (Paul Starr); 9. LBJ's Legacy in Contemporary Social Welfare Policy: Have We Come Full Circle? (Cynthia Osborne); Part IV. Cities, the Environment, and Science Policy 10. Lyndon Johnson and the Cities (Norman J. Glickman and Robert H. Wilson)11. The Past and Future of the Johnson Administration's Water Quality Policies (David J. Eaton); 12. LBJ, Science, Technology Policy, and Lessons for the Future (Gary Chapman); Part V. Improving Public Management; 13. Reform of the Federal Government: Lessons for Change Agents (Laurence E. Lynn Jr.); 14. Constructing Effectiveness: The Emergence of the Evaluation Research Industry (Peter Frumkin and Kimberly Francis); Part VI. Conclusions 15. Fifty Years Later: Legacies and Lessons of LBJ's Domestic Policies (Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Norman J. Glickman, and Robert H. Wilson)Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. SUBJECT Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Economic policy Politics and government Social policy SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470 United States -- Economic policy -- 1961-1971. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140037 United States -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547 Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Wilson, Robert Hines, editor Glickman, Norman J., editor Lynn, Laurence E., 1937- editor. ISBN 1477300554 9781477300558

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