Lone Star Politics: Tradition and Transformation in Texas

Revised
ISBN: 978-1-4833-5277-0
Verlag: CQ PR

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 201 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 898 g

Lone Star Politics delves deeply into Texas’s rich political tradition, exploring how myth often clashes with the reality of modern governance. Explaining who gets what and how, this Nagodoches author team uses the comparative method to set Texas in context with other states’ constitutional foundations, institutions, electoral practices, and policymaking. Chapter objectives reinforce learning and encourage analysis, while core assessment questions prompt students to apply their knowledge. Readers will come away with a strong understanding of Texas government and gain the needed foundation to assess the state’s political landscape.

The new Fourth Edition is thoroughly updated, and includes expanded coverage of federalism, Rick Perry’s legacy as governor, the impact of the state’s growing diversity on political participation and behavior, and important policy discussion around fracking, education reforms, and immigration. New full-page infographics visually capture a chapter’s key concepts, making the abstract understandable and comparisons easy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collier, Ken

Galatas, Steven E.

Harrelson-Stephens, Julie D.

Galatas, Steven

Harrelson-Stephens, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
Texas Geography
History: The Birth of Texas Traditions
Texas Statehood
Texas Legends: Sam Houston
Texas Legends: Bob Bullock
Transitions to the Twenty-first Century
A Tradition of Change
Winners and Losers
Texas versus Vermont
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 2: Texas Constitution
Constitutional Government
The Federal System of the United States
Texas and the Fed on Abortion
Texas Constitutions
Texas Legends: James Collinsworth
Texas Legends: E. J. Davis
The Current System: The Constitution of 1876
Texas versus Connecticut
Criticisms of the Texas Constitution
Texas versus Massachusetts
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 3: Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature in Context
Typologies of State Legislatures
Qualifications for Office and Length of Terms
Theories of Representation
Texas Legends: Barbara C. Jordan
Winners and Losers
Electing the State Legislature
Texas versus North Dakota
Texas versus Arizona
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 4: Legislative Organization and Process
Legislative Organization
Texas versus Nebraska
Texas versus New South Wales
Winners and Losers
Legislative Process
Texas Legends: The Killer Bees
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 5: Texas Governors
The Office of the Governor
Texas Legends: Ann Richards
Powers of the Governor
Informal Powers
Winners and Losers
Texas versus Louisiana
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 6: The Plural Executive and Bureaucracy in Texas
The Plural Executive
Boards and Commissions
Texas versus Georgia
Texas Legends: Texas Railroad Commission of Texas
Texas versus Bavaria
Bureaucratic Accountability
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 7: Texas Judicial System
Judicial Federalism and Texas Courts
Texas versus Kansas
Local Trial Courts
County-Level Trial Courts
Texas Legends: Judge Roy Bean
District Courts (State-Level Trial Courts)
Appellate Courts
Texas Legends: Raul A. Gonzalez, Jr.
Judicial Selection
Texas Judges
Problems with the Texas Judiciary
Texas versus Missouri
Criminal Justice in Texas
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 8: Texas-Sized Justice
Justice in Texas
Incarceration in Texas
Texas Legends: The Texas Rangers
Texas Legends: Chicken Ranch
Rights of the Accused
Law and Punishment
Texas versus California
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 9: Campaigns and Elections, Texas Style
Democracy, Representation, and Elections in Texas
Voter Qualifications and Registration
Voting Rights in Texas
Winners and Losers
Getting on the Ballot in Texas
Electronic Voting in Texas
Texas Legends: Landslide Lyndon
Texas Pioneers: Early Voting
Types of Elections in Texas
Primary Elections versus General Elections
Texas versus Oregon
Texas versus Louisiana
Too Much Democracy?
Voter Registration and Turnout
Electoral Competition in Texas Elections
Campaign Finance in Texas
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 10: Political Parties
The Development of Political Parties in Texas
Texas versus New York
Political Parties in Texas
Texas Legends: Pappy O’Daniel
Party Organizations
Texas versus Iowa
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 11: Organized Interests
Organized Interests in Texas Politics
Texas Legends: James Leininger
Influencing Policy in Texas through Organized Interests
Texas Legends: The League of United Latin American Citizens
Texas versus Washington
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 12: Local Government in Texas
Local Government: The Basics
County Government, Texas-Style
Cities
Texas Legends: Tommy Joe Vandergriff
Texas versus Ohio
Texas Legends: The Galveston Hurricane
Other Forms of Local Government
Texas versus Tennessee
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 13: Fiscal Policy
The Policymaking Process
Sources of State Revenue: Taxes
Texas versus Connecticut
Winners and Losers
Sources of State Revenue: Other Resources
Spending and Budgeting
Fiscal Policy Tools
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 14: Education and Social Policy
Education Policy
Texas Legends: Neither Separate Nor Equal: Hispanics in the Education System
Texas Legends: Mansfield High
Texas and the Fed on Education
Winners and Losers
Texas Legends: Governor James Ferguson and the University of Texas
Winners and Losers
Health and Human Services
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 15: Transforming Texas: Energy, Environment, Transportation, and Immigration Policies
Oil and Gas in Texas
Texas Legends: Hot Oil
Environmental Policy
Texas versus California
Texas Legends: Private Property and Takings
Winners and Losers
Transportation Policy
Winners and Losers
Immigration Policy
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions

Über Autor(innen)

Galatas, Steven E.
Steven Galatas (PhD, University of Missouri) is an associate professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He has published articles in Journal of Politics, Public Choice, Party Politics, Politics and Policy, and PS: Political Science and Politics. His research and teaching concern comparative elections, voting behavior, and Texas judicial and legislative elections.

Collier, Ken
Ken Collier was a professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, with a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He authored Between the Branches: The White House Office of Legislative Affairs and Speechwriting in the Institutionalized Presidency: Whose Line Is It? He published articles in such journals as Journal of Politics, White House Studies, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Choice, and Social Science Quarterly.

Harrelson-Stephens, Julie D.
Julie Harrelson-Stephens (PhD, University of North Texas) is an associate professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. She has co-edited, with Rhonda L. Callaway, Exploring International Human Rights: Essential Readings and has been published in Conflict and Terrorism, PS: Political Science and Politics, Human Rights Review, and International Interactions. Her primary research interests include human rights, regime theory, and the Texas governor.