Texas Politics

Provides a full range of pedagogical tools built into the text: opening vignettes, focus questions, “Pro and Con” boxes, “Let''s Compare” boxes, key terms, chapter summaries, review questions, additional resources, and a glossary. The text is large format, full color, and thoroughly illustrated throughout. There is an Author written Test Bank provided as an eResource for easy access. Suitable for undergraduate students in political science degree programs, and students from other areas taking local politics requirements. Regularly updated to fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas politics course, recently mandated by Texas state-wide requirements. Can be combined with Jillson’s American Government for the required set of government courses.

Texas Politics offers instructors and students an unmatched range of pedagogical aids and tools. Each chapter opens with an engaging vignette and a series of focus questions to orient readers to the learning objectives at hand and concludes with a chapter summary, a list of key terms, review questions, suggested readings, and web resources. “Let’s Compare” boxes help students see how Texas sits alongside other states, “Texas Legends” boxes spotlight key figures in Texas political history, “Pro & Con” boxes bring conflicting political views into sharper focus, and every chapter features a timeline of important events in Texas history.

New to the ninth edition

• Covers the 2022 state and national elections, the 2023 legislative session, and the 2020 national elections as they affect Texas.

• Highlights Governor Greg Abbott’s call for policy solutions to the vulnerability of the Texas energy grid; Texas voter eligibility laws; abortion and gun violence; and political consequences of redistricting after the wake of the 2020 census.

• Provides a detailed study of the 2022–23 state budget and the taxing and spending decisions that went into it, including the school funding and property tax reforms of 2019.