Brown et al. have thoroughly updated their market-leading survey of Texas government with new coverage of public policy, giving special attention to political developments since 2010. Extensive coverage of the 2012 general election, and its results, provides students with the most up-to-date information available. Selected Reading and chapter-opening cartoons encourage further discussion of timely topics, in addition to conflicts, within the state of Texas. Features such as the thoroughly revised "Students in Action" section in each chapter provide students with a wide range of views on current issues and relevant topics, as well as suggestions for how they can play an active role in Lone Star State politics.
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Throughout the text, critical thinking, communication, social responsibility and other state competency skill designations are specifically identified -- helping you maximize your study time and course success.
Practicing Texas Politics: A Brief Survey
This survey is a text that covers all the major topics in PTP, but in a format that is 40per cent shorter.
Practicing Texas Politics
American Government: Institutions and Policies
This edition includes 11 new readings, a new chapter on the media and politics in Texas, expanded material on the courts and the criminal justice system in Texas, new critical thinking questions, and tightly integrated learning objectives ...
This edition includes a special focus on the role of a growing Latino population in all aspects of Texas government, the impact of the 2016 elections on the state, and the effect of a floundering oil and gas industry on state finances.
Practicing Texas Politics
These documents are printed in Eugene W. Jones et al . , Practicing Texas Politics , 10th ed . ... early in the 78th regular session , see Michelle Kohn , “ Mr. Estes Goes to Austin , ” Wichita Falls - Record - News , 16 February 2003 .