- 348 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The ninth edition of this popular text has been expanded and updated to better fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas politics course. Jillson continues to approach the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, while giving students the most even-handed, readable, and engaging description of Texas politics available today. Students are encouraged to connect the origins and development of government and politics in Texas to its current practice and the alternatives possible through change and reform. This text helps instructors prepare their students to master the origin and development of the Texas Constitution, the structure and powers of state and local government in Texas, how Texas fits into the U.S. federal system, as well as political participation, the electoral process, and public policy in Texas.
An author-written Test Bank is available as Support Material on the Webpage for the book: www.routledge.com/Texas-Politics-Governing-the-Lone-Star-State/Jillson/p/book/9781032513386
Texas Politics offers instructors and students an unmatched range of pedagogical aids and tools. Each chapter opens with an engaging vignette and a series of focus questions to orient readers to the learning objectives at hand and concludes with a chapter summary, a list of key terms, review questions, suggested readings, and web resources. "Let's Compare" boxes help students see how Texas sits alongside other states, "Texas Legends" boxes spotlight key figures in Texas political history, "Pro & Con" boxes bring conflicting political views into sharper focus; and every chapter features a timeline of important events in Texas history.
New to the ninth edition
- Covers the 2022 state and national elections, the 2023 legislative session, and the 2020 national elections as they affect Texas
- Highlights Governor Greg Abbott's call for policy solutions to the vulnerability of the Texas energy grid; Texas voter eligibility laws; abortion and gun violence; and political consequences of redistricting after the wake of the 2020 census
- Provides a detailed study of the 2022–23 state budget and the taxing and spending decisions that went into it, including the school funding and property tax reforms of 2019
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Endorsement
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Brief contents
- Table of Contents
- Special features
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Texas and the Texans: Then and Now1
- 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 Budgets and Public Policy: Revenues, Expenditures, and Policy Goals in Texas
- Appendix A: William Barret Travis’s Letter From The Alamo
- Appendix B: The Texas Declaration of Independence, Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2, 1836
- Appendix C: Selections from the Texas Constitution
- Glossary
- Index