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Texas Politics Today 2015-2016 plus Lms Integrated for Mindtap Political Science, 1-term Access 17 PCK LSL

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  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-Feb-2015
  • Kirjastus: Wadsworth Pub Co
  • ISBN-10: 1305714563
  • ISBN-13: 9781305714564
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Students save money when purchasing bundled products. This bundle contains a loose-leaf version of Texas Politics Today 2015-2016 Edition, 17th and access to LMS Integrated for MindTap Political Science for 1 term (6 months) via printed access card.
Chapter 1 Texas Culture and Diversity
1(27)
Political Culture, Public Opinion, and Public Policy
2(3)
Ideology
2(1)
Partisanship
3(1)
Public Opinion
3(2)
Public Policy
5(1)
Types of Political Cultures and Texas's Political Regions
5(9)
State Political Cultures
7(1)
Moralistic Culture
7(1)
Individualistic Culture
7(1)
Traditionalistic Culture
7(1)
Political Culture and Political Participation
7(1)
Texas Cultural Regions
8(1)
East Texas
8(1)
The Gulf Coast
8(1)
A Boom Based in Houston
9(1)
South Texas
10(1)
Far West Texas
10(1)
The Texas Border
10(1)
Immigration and National Security
11(1)
German Hill Country
12(1)
West Texas
12(1)
The Panhandle
12(1)
North Texas
13(1)
Central Texas
13(1)
Politics and Cultural Diversity
14(7)
Texans Struggle for Equal Rights
14(1)
Female Texans
14(1)
African Texans
15(2)
Latino Texans
17(2)
Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Texans
19(2)
Cultural Diversity Today
21(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Texas Political Culture
21(7)
Politicians, Vigilantes, and the Quest for Civil Rights in Texas by Denise McArthur
22(6)
Chapter 2 Texas in the Federal System
28(27)
What Is Federalism?
29(1)
Unitary Systems
29(1)
Confederal Systems
29(1)
Federal Systems
30(1)
The U.S. Constitution and Federalism
30(7)
Types of Powers in Our Federal System
31(1)
Article I, Section 8
32(1)
McCulloch v. Maryland and the Necessary and Proper Clause
32(1)
The Early View: Dual Federalism and the Tenth Amendment
33(1)
The Development of Cooperative Federalism
34(1)
Civil Rights versus States' Rights
35(2)
Texas and the Federal System
37(11)
Coercive Federalism and Texas
38(1)
Federal Grants-in-Aid in Texas
39(1)
Unfunded Mandates
40(1)
The Affordable Care Act: A Challenging Case in Federalism
41(4)
Texas and the U.S. Abortion Debate: From Roe to Wendy Davis
45(1)
States as Laboratories: Marijuana Legalization
46(1)
Federalism and Casino Gambling
47(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Texas in the Federal System
48(7)
The State of Federalism by Neal Coates
49(6)
Chapter 3 The Texas Constitution in Perspective
55(23)
Texas Constitutions in History
56(4)
Early Texas Constitutions
56(1)
Republic of Texas Constitution
56(1)
Constitution of 1845
57(1)
Constitution of 1861
57
Reconstruction Constitutions and Their Aftermath
51(6)
Constitution of 1866
57(1)
Constitution of 1869
57(1)
The Constitutional Convention of 1875
58(2)
The Texas Constitution Today
60(10)
Bill of Rights and Fundamental Liberty
60(2)
Separation of Powers
62(1)
Legislative Branch
63(2)
Executive Branch
65(2)
Judicial Branch
67(1)
Suffrage
67(1)
Direct Democracy
67(2)
Public Education
69(1)
Local Government
69(1)
Amending and Revising the Texas Constitution
70(2)
Amendment Procedures
70(1)
Constitutional Amendments: 1995-2014
70(1)
Criticisms of the Texas Constitution
71(1)
Attempts to Revise the Texas Constitution
72(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about the Texas Constitution
72(6)
The Texas Constitution and Public School Funding by Timothy Hoye
73(5)
Chapter 4 Voting and Elections
78(35)
Political Participation
79(11)
The Participation Paradox and Why People Vote
79(1)
Who Votes?
80(1)
The Practice of Voting
81(1)
Voter Turnout in the United States and in Texas
82(4)
Reasons for Low Voter Turnout in Texas
86(1)
Legal Constraints
86(2)
Demographic Factors
88(1)
Political Structure
88(1)
Party Competition
88(1)
Political Culture
88(2)
Types of Elections In Texas
90(4)
Primary Elections
90(1)
Who Must Hold a Primary?
90(1)
Financing Primaries
91(1)
Administering Primaries
91(1)
The Majority Rule
92(1)
Closed Primary
92(1)
Crossover Voting
93(1)
General Elections
93(1)
Special Elections
94(1)
The Conduct and Administration of Elections
94(7)
County-Level Administration
95(1)
Ballot Construction
95(1)
The Politics of Ballot Construction
95(2)
Getting on the Ballot
97(1)
Write-In Candidates
97(1)
The Secret Ballot and the Integrity of Elections
98(1)
Multilingualism
98(2)
Early Voting
100(1)
Counting and Recounting Ballots
100(1)
Electronic Voting
101(1)
Election Campaigns in Texas: Strategies, Resources, and Results
101(7)
The General Election Campaign
102(1)
Mobilizing Groups
102(1)
Choosing Issues
103(1)
The Campaign Trail
103(1)
Timing
103(1)
Money in Election Campaigns
104(1)
Where Does the Money Go?
104(1)
Control over Money in Campaigns
105(2)
Who Gets Elected
107(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Voting and Elections in Texas
108(5)
Politicians Don't Represent Most Texans by Ross Ramsey
109(4)
Chapter 5 Political Parties
113(25)
Characteristics of American Political Parties
114(3)
Two-Party System
114(1)
Pragmatism
115(1)
Growing Polarization?
116(1)
Decentralization
116(1)
The Development of the Texas Party System
117(9)
The One-Party Tradition in Texas
117(1)
Ideological Factions in America and Texas
118(1)
Conservatives
118(1)
Liberals
119(1)
Conservatives and Liberals and Texas Democrats
119(1)
The Rise of the Republican Party
120(1)
The Republicans Become Competitive
121(1)
The Era of Republican Dominance
122(1)
Sources of Republican Strengths and Weaknesses
123(2)
Conservatives and Moderates and Texas Republicans
125(1)
Can the Democrats Still Compete?
126(1)
The Organization of Texas Political Parties
126(4)
Temporary-Party Organization
126(1)
Precinct Convention
126(2)
County and Senatorial District Conventions
128(1)
State Conventions
128(1)
Permanent-Party Organization
128(1)
Precinct-Level Organization
129(1)
County-Level Organization
129(1)
State-Level Organization
130(1)
The Functions of Political Parties
130(2)
The Party in the Electorate
130(1)
The Party as Organization
130(1)
The Party in Government
131(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Texas Political Parties
132(6)
Let's Party by Malcolm L. Cross
133(5)
Chapter 6 Interest Groups
138(26)
Types of Interest Groups
139(1)
Economic Groups
139(1)
Noneconomic Groups
139(1)
Mixed Groups
140(1)
Interest Groups' Targets and Tactics
140(8)
Lobbying the Legislature
141(1)
Preparing to Lobby
141(1)
Socializing
142(1)
Using Tools of Persuasion
142(1)
Targeting Key Legislators
142(2)
Influencing and the Executive Branch
144(1)
Targeting the Rule-Making Process
144(1)
Targeting the Appointment Process
144(1)
Co-opting State Agencies
145(1)
Targeting the Courts
145(1)
Influencing the Judicial Selection Process
145(1)
Filing Suit in Court
146(1)
Shaping the Political Environment
146(1)
Electioneering
146(1)
Contributing to Campaigns
147(1)
Educating the Public
147(1)
Organizing Public Demonstrations
148(1)
The Balance of Political Power in Texas
148(3)
Texas's Most Powerful Interest Groups
148(2)
Interest Group Alliances and the Dynamics of Power
150(1)
Iron Triangles
150(1)
Issue Networks
151(1)
Political Movements
151(1)
Sizing Up Interest Groups and Their Influence
151(7)
The Positive Role of Interest Groups
152(1)
Representation and Mobilization
152(1)
The Benefits of Pluralism
152(1)
Criticisms and Reforms
153(1)
Elitism and the Culture of Nonparticipation
153(1)
Exploitation of Weak State Institutions
153(1)
The Revolving Door
154(1)
Suspect Interest-Group Practices
155(2)
The Regulation of Lobbying
157(1)
Lobbyist Reports
157(1)
Evaluating Reporting Requirements
157(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Interest Groups
158(6)
The Tea Party: Civic Activism and Grassroots Change by Blayne Primozich
158(6)
Chapter 7 The Legislature
164(35)
The Limited Legislature
165(4)
The Legislative Terms and Sessions
165(2)
Legislative Salaries and Compensation
167(2)
Legislative Staff
169(1)
Electing Legislators
169(11)
Party
169(1)
Campaign Funding
170(2)
Demographic Identity
172(1)
Occupation
173(1)
Education
173(1)
Economic Status
173(1)
Geographic Districting
173(5)
Gerrymandering
178(1)
Gerrymandering Techniques
178(1)
Alternatives to Gerrymandering
179(1)
Legislative Organization
180(2)
Powers of the Presiding Officers
180(1)
Lieutenant Governor
180(1)
Speaker of the House
181(1)
The Legislative Committees
182(8)
Standing Committees
182(1)
Subcommittees
183(1)
Joint Committees
183(1)
Ad-hoc and Select Committees
183(1)
Conference Committees
183(1)
Interim Committees
183(1)
The Legislative Process
183(1)
The Standing Committees
184(1)
House Committee Membership
184(1)
Senate Committee Membership
184(1)
Scheduling
184(1)
House Calendars Committees
184(1)
Senate Calendar
185(1)
Two-Thirds Rule
185(1)
Senate Floor Action
186(1)
House Floor Action
186(1)
Conference Committees
187(1)
How a Bill Becomes a Law
187(3)
Institutional Tools of Leadership
190(1)
The Legislative Budget Board
190(1)
The Legislative Council
190(1)
The Legislative Audit Committee
191(1)
The Sunset Advisory Commission
191(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about the Texas Legislature
191(8)
A Tale of Two Speakers and the Purple Legislation of 2013 by Mark P. Jones
192(7)
Chapter 8 The Texas Executive Branch
199(33)
The Governor's Office: Qualifications, Tenure and Staff
200(2)
Qualifications and Elections
200(1)
Ethnicity
200(1)
Gender
200(1)
Middle-Aged Businessperson or Attorney
201(1)
Today a Republican
201(1)
The Nomination
201(1)
Well-Funded Campaigns
201(1)
Tenure, Removal, Succession, and Compensation
201(1)
Compensation
201(1)
Staff
202(1)
Evaluating Appointees
202(1)
Legislative Liaisons
202(1)
Budget Preparation
202(1)
Planning
202(1)
The Governor's Powers of Persuasion
202(8)
The Governor as Chief Executive
203(1)
Appointive Powers
204(1)
Removal Powers
205(1)
Law Enforcement Powers
205(1)
Military Powers
205(1)
Clemency Powers
205(1)
Judicial Powers
206(1)
The Governor as Chief of State
206(1)
International Function
206(1)
Federal-State Relations
206(1)
Governor as Party Chief
206(1)
National Party Leader
207(1)
Positions on National Issues
207(1)
Legislative Tools of Persuasion
207(1)
Message Power
207(1)
Budget Powers
207(1)
The Veto
207(1)
No Pocket Veto
208(1)
The Item Veto
208(1)
The Threat of a Veto
208(1)
Special Sessions
209(1)
Fact-Finding Commissions
209(1)
The Texas Administration
210(10)
Elected Executives and the Plural Executive System
210(1)
Lieutenant Governor
210(1)
Attorney General
211(1)
Comptroller of Public Accounts
212(1)
Commissioner of the General Land Office
212(1)
Commissioner of Agriculture
213(1)
Appointed Executives
213(1)
Secretary of State
213(1)
Adjutant General
213(1)
Health and Human Services Commissioner
213(1)
Insurance Commissioner
214(1)
Boards and Commissions
214(1)
Elective Boards
214(1)
Ex-Officio Boards
215(1)
Appointed Boards
215(1)
Advisory Boards
215(1)
Characteristics of Bureaucracy
216(1)
Size
216(1)
Neutrality
216(1)
Privatization
217(1)
Hierarchy
218(1)
Expertise
218(1)
Public Support
218(2)
The Bureaucracy, Politics, and Public Policy
220(6)
Clientele Groups
220(1)
The Agency--Clientele Alliance
220(1)
The Governor
221(1)
Public Policy and the Iron Texas Star
222(1)
How the Coalition Functions
223(1)
The Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker
223(1)
The Control of Information
224(1)
Administration of the Law
224(1)
Bureaucratic Accountability
224(1)
Accountability to the People
224(1)
Accountability to the Legislature
225(1)
Accountability to the Chief Executive
225(1)
Bureaucratic Responsibility
226(1)
Open Meetings and Open Records
227(1)
Whistleblowers and Ombudspersons
227(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about the Texas Executive Branch
227(5)
Bureaucracy and the Welfare State in Texas by Alexander Hogan
228(4)
Chapter 9 The Judiciary
232(25)
Legal Cases and Jurisdiction
233(2)
Civil and Criminal Cases
233(1)
Original and Appellate Jurisdiction
234(1)
Court Organization
235(8)
Municipal Courts
235(3)
Justices of the Peace
238(1)
County Courts
238(1)
District Courts
239(1)
Courts of Appeals
240(1)
Court of Criminal Appeals
240(2)
Supreme Court
242(1)
Juries
243(2)
Grand Jury
243(1)
Petit (Trial) Jury
244(1)
Selection of Judges
245(6)
The Politics of Judicial Selection in Texas
247(1)
Voter Knowledge
247(1)
Partisanship
247(1)
Campaign Contributions
247(3)
Ethnic/Racial and Gender Diversity
250(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Texas Courts
251(6)
Judicial Impartiality and Independence in Texas: Democratic Ideals vs. Electoral Realities by Sergio Saenz-Rivera
251(6)
Chapter 10 Law and Due Process
257(29)
Civil Law
258(4)
Types of Civil Law
258(1)
Family Law
258(1)
Real Estate Law
259(1)
Probate Law
259(1)
Business Regulations
259(1)
Corporate Law
259(1)
Labor Law
259(1)
Torts
260(1)
Issues in Civil Law
260(1)
Tort Reform
260(1)
Liability Insurance
261(1)
Eminent Domain
262(1)
The Elements of Crime
262(5)
The Crime
262(1)
Felonies
263(1)
Misdemeanors
263(1)
Victimless Crimes
264(1)
The Criminal
264(1)
Failing to Accept Social Values
264(1)
Age
264(1)
Gender
265(1)
Ethnicity
265(1)
Income and Education
265(1)
Urban Life
265(1)
Drug Addiction
266(1)
White-Collar Crime
266(1)
The Victim
266(1)
The Due Process of Law
267(8)
Searches
268(1)
Probable Cause
268(1)
The Exclusionary Rule
268(1)
Arrests
268(1)
Detention
269(1)
The Right to Remain Silent
269(1)
Pretrial Court Activities
269(1)
The Charges
270(1)
The Right to an Attorney
270(1)
Setting Bail
270(1)
Examining Trials
271(1)
Formal Charges
271(1)
Pretrial Hearings
271(1)
Plea Bargaining
272(1)
The Trial
272(1)
Trial by Jury
272(1)
The Adversary System
273(1)
The Jury Charge
273(1)
The Verdict
273(1)
The Sentence
273(1)
Post-Trial Proceedings
274(1)
The Appeals Process
274(1)
The Special Case of Juvenile Courts
275(1)
Rehabilitation and Punishment
275(5)
Felony Punishment
275(1)
Probation
275(1)
Prison
275(1)
Parole
276(1)
Misdemeanor Punishment
276(1)
Juvenile Rehabilitation
277(1)
Clemency
277(1)
Evaluating Punishment and Rehabilitation Policies
277(1)
Punishment and Isolation
277(2)
Deterrence
279(1)
Rehabilitation
279(1)
Sizing Up the Death Penalty Debate
279(1)
The Case for the Death Penalty
279(1)
The Case against the Death Penalty
279(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about the Due Process of Law
280(6)
A Historic Murder Case: Obstruction of Texas Justice by Brian Farmer
280(6)
Chapter 11 Local Government
286(27)
Municipalities
287(12)
General-Law and Home-Rule Cities
288(1)
Direct Democracy at the Municipal Level
288(1)
The Limits of Home Rule
289(1)
Forms of Municipal Government
289(1)
Council-Manager System
289(1)
Mayor-Council System
290(1)
Commission System
291(1)
Municipal Election Systems
291(1)
Nonpartisan Elections
291(1)
Election System Options
292(1)
Revenue Sources and Limitations
293(1)
Sales Taxes
294(1)
Property Taxes
294(1)
Limits on Property Taxes
295(1)
Rollback Elections
295(1)
User Fees
296(1)
Public Debt
296(1)
Municipalities: Issues, Trends, and Controversies
296(1)
Population Growth and Demographic Change
296(1)
Economic Development
296(1)
Government Mandates
296(1)
Annexation
297(1)
City Hall and Social Issues
298(1)
Counties
299(5)
Functions of Counties
299(1)
Structure and Organization of Counties
299(3)
Counties: Issues, Trends, and Controversies
302(1)
Constitutional Rigidity
302(1)
Long Ballot
302(1)
Unit Road System
303(1)
Spoils System versus Merit System
303(1)
Consolidation
303(1)
Special-District Governments
304(3)
Reasons for Creating Special District Governments
305(1)
Special Districts: Issues, Trends, and Controversies
306(1)
Multiplicity of Governments and Lack of Visibility
306(1)
Cost and Inefficiency
306(1)
Councils of Governments
307(1)
Councils of Governments (COGs)
307(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Local Government
307(6)
Sales Tax Equitability by Eric Miller
308(5)
Chapter 12 Public Policy in Texas
313(44)
Revenues
315(8)
Taxation
315(1)
National Taxes
315(1)
State Taxes
315(1)
Local Taxes
316(1)
The Politics of Taxation
316(1)
The Tax Base: Who Should Pay?
316(2)
Tax Rates: Progressive or Regressive Taxes?
318(4)
Other Revenues
322(1)
Federal Grants-in-Aid
322(1)
Borrowing and Other Revenues
322(1)
State Spending
323(1)
The Appropriations Process
324(1)
The Politics of State Spending
324(1)
Education
324(14)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
325(1)
History
325(1)
Recent Trends
325(1)
Public School Administration
326(1)
The Politics of Public Education
327(1)
Curriculum
327(1)
The Curriculum and the Culture Wars
327(1)
Textbooks
328(1)
Faculties
329(1)
Students
330(1)
Public School Finance
330(2)
School Privatization
332(1)
Higher Education
333(1)
Administration of Colleges and Universities
333(1)
The Politics of Higher Education
334(1)
Faculty Issues
335(1)
Financial Issues
335(1)
Student Accessibility
335(1)
Student Diversity
336(1)
Student Retention
337(1)
Quality
337(1)
Health and Human Services
338(8)
Health Programs
338(2)
Direct Health Services
340(1)
State Health Insurance Programs
340(1)
Private Health Insurance
341(1)
The Uninsured
341(1)
Health-Care Reform
341(2)
Income Support Programs
343(1)
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
343(1)
Unemployment Insurance
343(1)
The Politics of Welfare and Income Redistribution
344(1)
Defining Welfare
344(1)
Welfare Myths
345(1)
Welfare Realities
345(1)
The Causes of Poverty
346(1)
Transportation
346(2)
Highway Programs
346(1)
The Politics of Transportation
347(1)
Highway Privatization
347(1)
Mass Transit
348(1)
Applying What You Have Learned about Public Policy Issues
348(9)
Spending More to Improve Public Education? Texans Say Yes ... and No by James Henson
349(8)
Glossary 357(10)
Index 367