Texas Politics Today 2009-2010

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Cengage Learning, Jan 14, 2009 - Political Science - 448 pages
A perennial best-seller on Texas politics, TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, 2009-2010 Edition, offers students a wide range of viewpoints from multiple authors, each a recognized authority on the Lone Star State. Its rich, nuanced presentations of such current issues as diversity, immigration, redistricting, and the 2008 election give students a realistic perspective of the Texas political system and decision-making processes. Packed with instructional aids and up-to-the-minute information, TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, 2009-2010 Edition, provides a thorough, candid analysis of government that not only increases student awareness of state policy and its effect on their lives but also motivates them to get politically involved.
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About the author (2009)

William Earl Maxwell is a professor emeritus at San Antonio College, where he has taught courses in U.S. and Texas government since 1971. Throughout his career Maxwell has focused on innovative teaching techniques and improving the teaching and learning environments for students. As part of that effort, in 1975 Maxwell co-authored UNDERSTANDING TEXAS POLITICS, his first text on Texas government. He also co-authored such texts as POLITICS IN TEXAS and THE CHALLENGE OF TEXAS POLITICS: TEXT WITH READINGS. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Sam Houston State University. Ernest Crain did his graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin, spent 35 years teaching Texas government at San Antonio College and now lives in Montgomery County, Texas. He has co-authored UNDERSTANDING TEXAS POLITICS, POLITICS IN TEXAS: AN INTRODUCTION TO TEXAS POLITICS, THE CHALLENGE OF TEXAS POLITICS: TEXT WITH READINGS and AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: TEXAS EDITION. His special areas of interest include party competition, comparative state politics and Texas public policy.

Bibliographic information

TitleTexas Politics Today 2009-2010
AuthorsWilliam Maxwell, Ernest Crain, Adolfo Santos
Edition14
PublisherCengage Learning, 2009
ISBN0495570257, 9780495570257
Length448 pages
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Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Political Science / American Government / State
Political Science / General
Political Science / Political Process / General
  
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