This concise yet comprehensive overview compares the reality of Texas politics to the democratic ideal through a thought-provoking reform orientation. Unlike survey texts, this lively paperback engages students in controversial issues and encourages them to participate in class debate.
Essentials of Texas Politics
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Cram101 Just the FACTS101 studyguides give all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and quizzes for your textbook with optional online comprehensive practice tests. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Accompanys: 9780495006794 .
With an emphasis on public policy and active learning, this text introduces the essentials of Texas government and its often colorful politics in a way that any student can understand.
... Kemmerer, William Wayne Justice (Austin: University of Texas, 1991), 145–149; Morales v. Turman, 326 F. Supp. 577 (1971), 38; Ruiz v. Estelle, 666 F.2d 854 (1982); one of the authors of this text made several visits to the TDC units ...
American and Texas Government Essentials
The fifth edition of this popular text is now expanded and updated to better fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas Politics course.
Published as a "Longman Study Edition" this text contains a battery of practice chapter tests for student self study and review. New to the Eleventh Edition- Full coverage of the 2008 election has been added to the text.
The key to this new fourth edition is thorough updating— including the 2008 elections—and the integration of subtle enhancements every class-tested, well-reviewed, and well developed book should offer.
New topics in this edition include debates over the federal government's involvement in healthcare, student loans, the election of Supreme Court justices, interest group lobbying of Congress, and partisan bias in the news media.