LBJ's Neglected Legacy

Robert H. Wilson is the Mike Hogg Professor of Urban Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research.Norman J. Glickman was Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning at Rutgers University. He formerly served as the Director of Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research.Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., is the Sydney Stein, Jr., Professor of Public Management Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Johnson presidency.

• List of TablesList of FiguresPrefacePart I. Reconsidering LBJ's Domestic PoliciesChapter 1. Understanding Lyndon Johnson's Neglected Legacies (Norman J. Glickman, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Robert H. Wilson)Chapter 2. Remembering LBJ: One Historian's Thoughts on Johnson's Place in the Pantheon of Presidents (Robert Dallek)Part II. Defining Citizenship and ImmigrationChapter 3. Ending Jim Crow, Attacking Ghetto Walls (Gary Orfield )Chapter 4. Expansion and Contraction in LBJ's Voting Rights Legacy (Jorge Chapa)Chapter 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 PolicyChapter 6. Head Start: Growing beyond the War on Poverty (Elizabeth Rose)Chapter 7. Lyndon Johnson and American Education (Gary Orfield)Chapter 8. The Health Care Legacy of the Great Society (Paul Starr)Chapter 9. LBJ's Legacy in Contemporary Social Welfare Policy: Have We Come Full Circle? (Cynthia Osborne)Part IV. Cities, the Environment, and Science PolicyChapter 10. Lyndon Johnson and the Cities (Norman J. Glickman and Robert H. Wilson)Chapter 11. The Past and Future of the Johnson Administration's Water Quality Policies (David J. Eaton)Chapter 12. LBJ, Science, Technology Policy, and Lessons for the Future (Gary Chapman)Part V. Improving Public ManagementChapter 13. Reform of the Federal Government: Lessons for Change Agents (Laurence E. Lynn Jr.)Chapter 14. Constructing Effectiveness: The Emergence of the Evaluation Research Industry (Peter Frumkin and Kimberly Francis)Part VI. ConclusionsChapter 15. Fifty Years Later: Legacies and Lessons of LBJ's Domestic Policies (Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Norman J. Glickman, and Robert H. Wilson)AcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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