Politics in America
By: Thomas R. Dye; with L. Tucker Gibson and Clay Robison
Contributors: Gibson, L. Tucker.; Robison, Clay.
Edition: 7th ed., brief Texas version
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government; Texas -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics : who gets what, when, and how; title: Political culture : ideas; title: The constitution : limiting governmental power; title: Federalism : dividing governmental power; title: Participation, campaigns, and elections : deciding who governs; title: Political parties and interest groups : organizing politics; title: Congress : politics on Capitol Hill; title: The president : White House politics; title: The bureaucracy : bureaucratic politics; title: Courts : judicial politics, personal liberty and civil rights; title: Politics, economics, and social welfare policy; title: Politics and national security; title: The social and economic milieu of Texas politics; title: The Texas constitution; title: Interest groups, political parties, and elections in Texas; title: The Texas legislature; title: The Texas executive and bureaucracy; title: The Texas judiciary; title: Local government in Texas : cities, towns, counties, and special districts.