Texas at the Crossroads: People, Politics, Policy

The Lone Star State finds itself in the midst of a great transition. No longer the rustic frontier state of myth and legend, Texas is a complex, highly urbanized society that is rapidly replacing old dreams with new ones. Faced with increasing demands on state services and with unreliable revenues tied to an unsteady oil industry, Texas must make hard decisions for its future.

This volume seeks to appraise Texas as it is today and to assess the direction in which the state is headed. The fir...