Texas Politics
Subtitle: Governing the Lone Star State
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780203829417
Subjects: Texas; Politics and government; 1951-; Textbooks; Political Science; Health; Psychology
Description: Approaching the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, this text avoids partisanship, ideology, and gimmicks to provide the most comprehensive, readable, and accurate brief description of Texas politics available today.
Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: TEXAS AND THE TEXANS: THEN AND NOW; CHAPTER 2: THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND AMERICAN FEDERALISM; CHAPTER 3: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN TEXAS: VOTERS, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS; CHAPTER 4: INTEREST GROUPS IN TEXAS; CHAPTER 5: POLITICAL PARTIES IN TEXAS; CHAPTER 6: THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE; CHAPTER 7: THE GOVERNOR AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH; CHAPTER 8: THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN TEXAS; CHAPTER 9: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN TEXAS; CHAPTER 10: FINANCING STATE GOVERNMENT: BUDGETS, REVENUES, AND EXPENSES; NOTES; GLOSSARY; INDEX.