Texas Politics Today, 2011-2012 Edition
"TEXAS POLITICS TODAY is one of the best textbooks available if not the best. . . . I first used the Maxwell and Crain text in my class in 1991 and eighteen years later it is still my favorite Texas Government book on the market and I think offers the most to my students. . . . The greatest strength of TEXAS POLITICS TODAY is in its parsimonious presentations of the material in an organized fashion that allows students to grasp the larger themes, but not get bogged down in the details. The text is also bright and colorful with . . . interesting snippets, all designed to pique reader interest and I think it does a very good job at doing so." - Brian Farmer, Amarillo College"[TEXAS POLITICS TODAY] is incredibly well organized, readable, and interesting. I think it will be a great resource for students, and make teaching the course easy for instructors. The materials at the end of each chapter are great study aids for students, in my experience."- Mel Laracey, University of Texas at San Antonio