Texas Politics : A Reader

by Champagne, Anthony; Harpham, Edward J.

• ISBN13: 9780393958782
• ISBN10: 0393958787
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co

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