|
Chapter 1 Texas Culture and Diversity |
|
|
1 | (22) |
|
1-1 Political Culture, Public Opinion, and Public Policy |
|
|
3 | (3) |
|
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
|
|
5 | (1) |
|
1-2 Moralistic, Individualistic, and Traditionalistic Subcultures |
|
|
6 | (2) |
|
1-2a Moralistic Subculture |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
1-2b Individualistic Subculture |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
1-2c Traditionalistic Subculture |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
1-2d Political Culture and Political Participation |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
1-3 Texas Cultural Regions |
|
|
8 | (6) |
|
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
1-3c West Texas and the Panhandle |
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
1-3e Central Texas and the Hill Country |
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
1-3f South and Southwest Texas |
|
|
11 | (3) |
|
1-4 The Struggle for Equal Rights |
|
|
14 | (6) |
|
|
|
14 | (2) |
|
1-4b African Americans in Texas |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
1-4d Gay and Lesbian Texans |
|
|
19 | (1) |
|
1-5 Cultural Diversity Today |
|
|
20 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Become Five States? |
|
|
2 | (4) |
|
How Texas Compares: How Texas Ranks among the Fifty States |
|
|
6 | (7) |
|
Join The Debate: Do Unauthorized Immigrants Cost the Texas Taxpayer? |
|
|
13 | (8) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Culture and Diversity |
|
|
21 | (2) |
|
Chapter 2 Texas in the Federal System |
|
|
23 | (22) |
|
|
|
25 | (2) |
|
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
2-1b Types of Powers in Our Federal System |
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
2-2 The U.S. Constitution and Federalism |
|
|
27 | (5) |
|
2-2a The Expressed Powers of the Federal Government |
|
|
28 | (1) |
|
2-2b McCulloch v. Maryland |
|
|
28 | (1) |
|
2-2c Dual Federalism and the Tenth Amendment |
|
|
28 | (2) |
|
2-2d The Development and Rise of Cooperative Federalism |
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
2-2e Federal Grants-in-Aid to Texas |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
2-3 Federalism, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights |
|
|
32 | (3) |
|
2-3a The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights |
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
2-3b Civil Rights versus States' Rights |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
2-4 Federalism Controversies in Texas |
|
|
35 | |
|
2-4a Coercive Federalism and Texas |
|
|
36 | (1) |
|
|
|
37 | (2) |
|
2-4c Health-Care Reform: A Challenging Case in Federalism |
|
|
39 | (2) |
|
2-4d Same-Sex Marriage and the Full Faith and Credit Clause |
|
|
41 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should States Have Their Own Illegal-Immigration Laws? |
|
|
24 | (9) |
|
How Texas Compares: Texas's Rank among the Fifty States for Federal Grants |
|
|
33 | (4) |
|
Texas Politics And ... Federalism: States as Policy Laboratories-the AMBER Alert System |
|
|
37 | (1) |
|
How Texas Compares: Texas's Environmental Rankings among the Fifty States |
|
|
38 | (5) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Federalism |
|
|
43 | (2) |
|
Chapter 3 The Texas Constitution in Perspective |
|
|
45 | (19) |
|
3-1 Texas Constitutions in History |
|
|
47 | (4) |
|
3-1a Early Texas Constitutions |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
3-1b Reconstruction Constitutions and Their Aftermath |
|
|
48 | (3) |
|
3-2 The Texas Constitution Today: Rights and Liberties |
|
|
51 | (1) |
|
3-2a Fundamental Liberties |
|
|
51 | (1) |
|
3-2b The Rights of Texans |
|
|
52 | (1) |
|
|
|
52 | (1) |
|
3-3 The Texas Constitution Today: Institutions |
|
|
52 | (6) |
|
3-3a The Legislative Branch |
|
|
54 | (1) |
|
3-3b The Executive Branch |
|
|
55 | (1) |
|
|
|
56 | (1) |
|
|
|
57 | (1) |
|
3-4 Amending and Revising the Texas Constitution |
|
|
58 | |
|
3-4a Amendment Procedures |
|
|
58 | (1) |
|
3-4b Criticisms of the Texas Constitution |
|
|
59 | |
|
3-4c Attempts to Revise the Texas Constitution |
|
|
49 | (11) |
|
3-4d Why Are State Constitutions So Long? |
|
|
60 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Does Texas Have the Right to Secede from the Union? |
|
|
46 | (4) |
|
Join The Debate: Was Reconstruction Truly a Disaster for Texas? |
|
|
50 | (8) |
|
How Texas Compares: Selecting Judges |
|
|
58 | (2) |
|
How Texas Compares: Constitutions' Length, Detail, and Their Need for Amendments |
|
|
60 | (2) |
|
Texans In Conflict: The Constitution |
|
|
62 | (2) |
|
Chapter 4 Voting and Elections |
|
|
64 | (28) |
|
4-1 Political Participation |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
|
|
66 | (7) |
|
4-2a Qualifications for Voting in Texas |
|
|
67 | (1) |
|
4-2b Voter Turnout in the United States and in Texas |
|
|
68 | (2) |
|
4-2c Low Voter Turnout in Texas |
|
|
70 | (3) |
|
4-3 Primary, General, and Special Elections in Texas |
|
|
73 | (4) |
|
|
|
73 | (2) |
|
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
|
|
76 | (1) |
|
4-4 The Administration of Elections |
|
|
77 | (6) |
|
4-4a County-Level Administration |
|
|
77 | (1) |
|
|
|
77 | (1) |
|
4-4c Getting on the Ballot |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
4-4d Secret Ballot and the Integrity of Elections |
|
|
79 | (4) |
|
4-5 Election Campaigns in Texas |
|
|
83 | |
|
4-5a The General-Election Campaign |
|
|
83 | (3) |
|
|
|
86 | (3) |
|
|
|
89 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Require Voter Identification? |
|
|
65 | (20) |
|
Texas Politics And ... Elections: The New Media |
|
|
85 | (5) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Voting and Elections |
|
|
90 | (2) |
|
Chapter 5 Political Parties |
|
|
92 | (21) |
|
5-1 Functions and Characteristics of Political Parties |
|
|
94 | (3) |
|
5-1a Functions of Political Parties |
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
5-1b Characteristics of American Political Parties |
|
|
94 | (3) |
|
5-2 The Development of the Texas Party System |
|
|
97 | (7) |
|
5-2a The One-Party Tradition in Texas |
|
|
97 | (1) |
|
5-2b Conservatives versus Liberals |
|
|
97 | (1) |
|
5-2c Conservatives and Liberals in the Texas Democratic Party |
|
|
98 | (2) |
|
5-2d The Rise of the Republican Party |
|
|
100 | (2) |
|
5-2e Conservative and Moderate Factions within the Republican Party |
|
|
102 | (2) |
|
5-3 How the Party Machinery Is Organized in Texas |
|
|
104 | (4) |
|
5-3a The Temporary Party Organization |
|
|
104 | (2) |
|
5-3b The Permanent Party Organization |
|
|
106 | (2) |
|
5-4 A New Era of Republican Dominance |
|
|
108 | |
|
5-4a Republican Realignment |
|
|
108 | (1) |
|
5-4b Can the Democrats Still Be Competitive? |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
|
|
110 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Use Caucuses When Nominating Presidential Candidates? |
|
|
93 | (8) |
|
Join The Debate: Should Redistricting in Texas Be Nonpartisan? |
|
|
101 | (8) |
|
How Texas Compares: Party Competition in the Fifty States |
|
|
109 | (2) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Political Parties |
|
|
111 | (2) |
|
Chapter 6 Interest Groups |
|
|
113 | (26) |
|
6-1 Interest Groups and the Policymaking Process |
|
|
115 | (2) |
|
|
|
115 | (1) |
|
6-1b What Are Interest Groups? |
|
|
115 | (1) |
|
6-1c Why People Join Interest Groups |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
6-2 Types of Interest Groups |
|
|
117 | (2) |
|
6-2a Economic Interest Groups |
|
|
117 | (1) |
|
6-2b Noneconomic Interest Groups |
|
|
117 | (1) |
|
6-2c Mixed Interest Groups |
|
|
118 | (1) |
|
|
|
118 | (1) |
|
6-3 What Interest Groups Do |
|
|
119 | (3) |
|
6-3a Negative and Positive Views of Interest Groups |
|
|
119 | (1) |
|
6-3b Direct Means of Influencing Government |
|
|
120 | (1) |
|
6-3c Indirect Means of Influencing Government |
|
|
121 | (1) |
|
6-4 The Craft of Lobbying |
|
|
122 | (4) |
|
6-4a Lobbying the Legislature |
|
|
122 | (1) |
|
6-4b Lobbying Administrative Agencies |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
6-4c Influence through the Court System |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
6-4d The Regulation of Lobbying |
|
|
125 | (1) |
|
6-5 The Balance of Political Power in Texas |
|
|
126 | |
|
6-5a The Power of Interest Groups |
|
|
126 | (2) |
|
6-5b Factors That Affect Interest Group Power |
|
|
128 | (5) |
|
6-5c Texas's Most Powerful Interest Groups |
|
|
133 | (2) |
|
6-5d Interest Group Alliances and the Dynamics of Power |
|
|
135 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should We Let the University of Texas Raise Its Tuition? |
|
|
114 | (14) |
|
How Texas Compares: Corruption Risk among the Fifty States |
|
|
128 | (2) |
|
Join The Debate: Should We Ban Former Texas Lawmakers from Lobbying? |
|
|
130 | (7) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Interest Groups |
|
|
137 | (2) |
|
Chapter 7 The Legislature |
|
|
139 | (30) |
|
7-1 Selecting Legislators |
|
|
141 | (7) |
|
7-1a Geographic Districts |
|
|
141 | (2) |
|
|
|
143 | (1) |
|
7-1c Redistricting after the 2010 Census |
|
|
144 | (1) |
|
7-1d Qualifications for Membership |
|
|
145 | (3) |
|
7-2 The Citizen Legislature |
|
|
148 | (3) |
|
|
|
148 | (1) |
|
|
|
149 | (1) |
|
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
7-3 Organization of the Texas Legislature |
|
|
151 | (5) |
|
7-3a The Presiding Officers |
|
|
151 | (2) |
|
7-3b Legislative Committees |
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
|
|
154 | (2) |
|
7-4 Leadership and the Legislative Process |
|
|
156 | (9) |
|
7-4a The Powers of the Presiding Officers |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
7-4b Membership in the Standing Committees |
|
|
156 | (2) |
|
7-4c Standing Committees' Powers and Functions |
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
7-4d Scheduling the Legislative Process |
|
|
159 | (1) |
|
|
|
160 | (3) |
|
7-4f Conference Committees' Powers and Functions |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
7-4g How a Bill Becomes a Law |
|
|
163 | (2) |
|
7-4h The Role of the Governor |
|
|
165 | (1) |
|
7-5 Institutional Tools of Leadership |
|
|
165 | |
|
7-5a The Legislative Budget Board |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
7-5b The Legislative Council |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
7-5c The Legislative Audit Committee |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
7-5d The Sunset Advisory Commission |
|
|
166 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Have a Full-Time Legislature? |
|
|
140 | (9) |
|
How Texas Compares: Legislators' Educational Levels and Occupations |
|
|
149 | (6) |
|
Join The Debate: Should the Texas Legislature Be Organized by Party? |
|
|
155 | (12) |
|
Texans In Conflict: The Legislature |
|
|
167 | (2) |
|
Chapter 8 The Executive Branch |
|
|
169 | (31) |
|
8-1 The Office of Governor |
|
|
171 | (4) |
|
8-1a The Powers of the Governor |
|
|
171 | (1) |
|
8-1b The Necessary Qualifications to Become Governor |
|
|
172 | (1) |
|
8-1c Tenure, Removal, and Succession |
|
|
173 | (1) |
|
|
|
174 | (1) |
|
|
|
174 | (1) |
|
8-2 The Governor's Powers of Persuasion |
|
|
175 | (7) |
|
8-2a Legislative Tools of Persuasion |
|
|
175 | (3) |
|
8-2b Executive Tools of Persuasion |
|
|
178 | (3) |
|
8-2c The Governor as Party Chief |
|
|
181 | (1) |
|
8-3 The Texas Administration |
|
|
182 | (5) |
|
|
|
182 | (3) |
|
8-3b Appointed Executives |
|
|
185 | (1) |
|
8-3c Boards and Commissions |
|
|
185 | (2) |
|
8-4 Characteristics of the Bureaucracy |
|
|
187 | (4) |
|
8-4a The Size of the Bureaucracy |
|
|
187 | (1) |
|
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
|
|
188 | (2) |
|
|
|
190 | (1) |
|
8-5 The Bureaucracy, Politics, and Public Policy |
|
|
191 | (3) |
|
|
|
191 | (1) |
|
8-5b The Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
8-5c Support from the Governor |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
8-5d Public Policy and the Iron Texas Star |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
8-5f The Control of Information |
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
8-5g The Administration of the Law |
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
8-6 Bureaucratic Accountability |
|
|
194 | |
|
8-6a Accountability to the People |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
8-6b Accountability to the Legislature |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
8-6c Accountability to the Governor |
|
|
195 | (1) |
|
8-6d Bureaucratic Responsibility |
|
|
196 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Recognize IDs Issued by Mexico? |
|
|
170 | (3) |
|
How Texas Compares: The Governor's Power |
|
|
173 | (24) |
|
Texas Politics And ... The Bureaucracy: E-Government in Texas |
|
|
197 | (1) |
|
Texans In Conflict: The Executive Branch |
|
|
198 | (2) |
|
Chapter 9 Texas Judiciary |
|
|
200 | (20) |
|
9-1 Basic Judicial Concepts |
|
|
202 | (2) |
|
9-1a Civil and Criminal Cases |
|
|
202 | (1) |
|
9-1b Original and Appellate Jurisdiction |
|
|
203 | (1) |
|
|
|
204 | (7) |
|
|
|
204 | (2) |
|
9-2b Justices of the Peace |
|
|
206 | (1) |
|
|
|
207 | (1) |
|
|
|
208 | (1) |
|
|
|
209 | (1) |
|
9-2f The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
|
|
210 | (1) |
|
9-2g The Texas Supreme Court |
|
|
211 | (1) |
|
|
|
211 | (3) |
|
|
|
211 | (2) |
|
9-3b Petit (Trial) Juries |
|
|
213 | (1) |
|
|
|
214 | |
|
9-4a The Merit Plan versus Judicial Elections |
|
|
215 | (1) |
|
9-4b The Politics of Judicial Selection in Texas |
|
|
215 | (2) |
|
9-4c Minority Representation |
|
|
217 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Is It Right That Judges Are Elected in Our State? |
|
|
201 | (11) |
|
Join The Debate: Should Judges Be Banned from "Legislating from the Bench"? |
|
|
212 | (3) |
|
How Texas Compares: Selecting Judges |
|
|
215 | (3) |
|
Texans In Conflict: The Courts |
|
|
218 | (2) |
|
Chapter 10 Law and Due Process |
|
|
220 | (21) |
|
|
|
222 | (4) |
|
|
|
222 | (1) |
|
10-1b Major Civil Law Topics |
|
|
222 | (2) |
|
10-1c Issues in Civil Law |
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
10-2 Crime and the Criminal |
|
|
226 | (3) |
|
|
|
226 | (1) |
|
|
|
226 | (3) |
|
|
|
229 | (1) |
|
|
|
229 | (2) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
10-4 Pretrial Court Activities |
|
|
231 | (2) |
|
10-4a Arraignment and Detention |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
|
|
232 | (1) |
|
|
|
233 | (1) |
|
|
|
233 | (3) |
|
|
|
233 | (1) |
|
|
|
234 | (1) |
|
10-5c Post-Trial Proceedings |
|
|
235 | (1) |
|
10-5d The Special Case of Juvenile Courts |
|
|
235 | (1) |
|
10-6 Rehabilitation and Punishment |
|
|
236 | |
|
10-6a Purposes of Incarceration |
|
|
236 | (1) |
|
|
|
237 | (1) |
|
10-6c Misdemeanor Punishment |
|
|
238 | (1) |
|
|
|
239 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Does Texas Execute Too Many People? |
|
|
221 | (4) |
|
Join The Debate: Has Tort Reform Gone Too Far in Texas? |
|
|
225 | (13) |
|
How Texas Compares: Crime and Punishment |
|
|
238 | (1) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Law and Due Process |
|
|
239 | (2) |
|
Chapter 11 Public Policy in Texas |
|
|
241 | (28) |
|
|
|
243 | (6) |
|
|
|
244 | (1) |
|
11-1b The Politics of Taxation |
|
|
245 | (3) |
|
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
11-2a The Appropriations Process |
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
11-2b The Politics of State Spending |
|
|
250 | (1) |
|
|
|
250 | (10) |
|
11-3a Elementary and Secondary Schools |
|
|
251 | (1) |
|
11-3b The Politics of Public Education |
|
|
252 | (5) |
|
|
|
257 | (1) |
|
11-3d The Politics of Higher Education |
|
|
258 | (2) |
|
11-4 Health and Human Services |
|
|
260 | (5) |
|
11-4a Private-Sector Health Insurance |
|
|
260 | (1) |
|
11-4b Government Health Programs |
|
|
261 | (2) |
|
11-4c Income Support Programs |
|
|
263 | (1) |
|
11-4d The Politics of Welfare and Income Redistribution |
|
|
264 | (1) |
|
|
|
265 | |
|
|
|
265 | (1) |
|
11-5b The Politics of Transportation |
|
|
266 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Adopt School Vouchers? |
|
|
242 | (12) |
|
Texas Politics And ... Public Policy: God, Man, and the State Board of Education |
|
|
254 | (1) |
|
How Texas Compares: Ranking Texas Public Schools Among the Fifty States |
|
|
255 | (12) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Public Policy |
|
|
267 | (2) |
|
Chapter 12 Local Government |
|
|
269 | |
|
12-1 Types of Local Government |
|
|
271 | (1) |
|
12-1a The Number and Types of Local Governments |
|
|
271 | (1) |
|
12-1b Popular Attitudes toward Local Government |
|
|
271 | (1) |
|
|
|
272 | (6) |
|
12-2a Cities and the State |
|
|
272 | (1) |
|
12-2b General-Law and Home-Rule Cities |
|
|
272 | (1) |
|
12-2c Forms of Government |
|
|
273 | (2) |
|
12-2d Municipal Election Systems |
|
|
275 | (3) |
|
|
|
278 | (4) |
|
12-3a Revenue Sources and Limitations |
|
|
278 | (1) |
|
|
|
279 | (3) |
|
|
|
282 | (5) |
|
12-4a The County and the State |
|
|
282 | (1) |
|
12-4b Functions of Counties |
|
|
282 | (1) |
|
|
|
282 | (3) |
|
|
|
285 | (2) |
|
12-5 Special District Governments |
|
|
287 | |
|
12-5a The Functions of Special Districts |
|
|
287 | (1) |
|
12-5b Reasons for Creating Special District Governments |
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
|
|
289 | (1) |
|
12-5d Councils of Government |
|
|
289 | |
|
Texans In Conflict: Should Texas Public Schools Require Uniforms? |
|
|
270 | (6) |
|
How Texas Compares: Public Financing and Municipal Elections |
|
|
276 | (5) |
|
Join The Debate: Are Tax Abatements for Economic Development a Good Idea? |
|
|
281 | (9) |
|
Texans In Conflict: Local Government |
|
|
290 | |
| Notes |
|
1 | (1) |
| Glossary |
|
1 | (1) |
| Index |
|
1 | |
