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Author Jillson, Cal

Title Texas Politics : Governing the Lone Star State
Edition 3rd ed
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
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Subject Politics and government
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Textbooks
Texas
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203829417
0203829417