Texas Politics : A Reader,9780393958782

Texas Politics : A Reader

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780393958782
ISBN10: 0393958787
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-02-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co
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Summary

The classic text on Texas political science, featuring a selection of readings edited by Anthony Champagne and Edward J. Harpham.

Table of Contents

PART I Texas and the Nation
The Changing Political Economy of Texas
3(13)
Anthony Champagne
Edward J. Harpham
The Texas Constitution
16(16)
Lawrence W. Miller
Texans in Congress: The Changing Nature of the Texas Congressional Delegation
32(19)
James W. Riddlesperger, Jr.
Joanne Connor Green
PART II Institutions
The Texas Governor: Weak or Strong?
51(15)
Cheryl D. Young
John J. Hindera
Leadership, Power, and Emerging Partisanship in the Texas Legislature
66(22)
Gregory S. Thielemann
Judicial Selection in Texas: Democracy's Deadlock
88(19)
Anthony Champagne
PART III Politics
Party Identification and Public Opinion in Texas, 1984-1994: Establishing a Competitive Two-Party System
107(16)
James A. Dyer
Jan E. Leighley
Arnold Vedlitz
Texas Elections
123(17)
James Carter
Gender and the Campaign for Governor
140(16)
Jeanie R. Stanley
The Party System in Texas
156(21)
Paul Lenchner
The Texas Trial Lawyers Association: Interest Group Under Siege
177(20)
Charles P. Elliott, Jr.
PART IV Policies
Taxes in Texas
197(16)
Bernard L. Weinstein
Education Reform in Texas
213(20)
Clark D. Thomas
Welfare Reform and the New Paternalism in Texas
233
Edward J. Harpham

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