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Tables of Contents for Practicing Texas Politics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Environment of Texas Politics
1
44
Political Behavior Patterns
2
3
Government, Politics, and Public Policy
3
1
Political Culture
3
2
The Land
5
6
The Politics of Geography
5
3
Economic Geography
8
3
The People
11
10
Demographic Features
11
5
Racial/Ethnic Groups
16
5
Some Social and Economic Policy Issues
21
6
Immigration: Federal and State Problems
22
1
Searching for New Economic Directions
23
4
Texas in the Course of National Affairs
27
1
Meeting New Challenges
28
3
Environmental Protection
28
1
Education for Economic Development
29
1
Poverty and Social Problems
29
1
Restructuring the Economy
30
1
Looking Ahead
31
1
Notes
32
2
Key Terms and Concepts
34
1
Selected Readings
35
10
A Big-Time Move to the Big Eight
35
3
Dave Campbell
The City Tribe
38
3
Bryan Woolley
El Paso-Juarez: In the Foothills of the Future Research Division, Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts
41
4
Federalism and the Texas Constitution
45
34
The American Federal Structure
46
4
The Distribution of Powers
46
2
Interstate Relations
48
1
An Evolving Process
49
1
The Texas Constitution: Politics of Policymaking
50
6
Historical Developments
51
4
Today: After More Than a Century of Usage
55
1
Constitutional Revision and Amendments
56
5
Major Reform Efforts
57
3
The Amendment Process
60
1
The Texas Constitution: A Summary
61
4
The Bill of Rights
61
2
The Powers of Government
63
1
Suffrage
64
1
Local Governments
64
1
Other Articles
65
1
The So-Called ``Republic of Texas'': A Product of Social Unrest in the 1990s
65
5
Organization and Early Ventures
66
1
The State of Texas Responds
66
1
Policy Goals of the Organization
67
1
Other Group Activities
68
1
Developments in 1997
68
2
Looking Ahead
70
1
Notes
70
1
Key Terms and Concepts
71
1
Selected Readings
72
7
Are States Ready to Take Over for Feds?
72
2
Dave McNeely
Texas Constitution Is a Living Document
74
1
Tony Garza
Texas Constitution: State Should Overhaul This Outmoded Relic Editorial
75
2
Group Declares Texas a Sovereign Nation
77
2
E. Kyle Steinhauser
Local Governments
79
53
An Overview of Grassroots Problems
80
2
Municipal Governments
82
13
Legal Status of Municipalities
82
1
Forms of Municipal Government
83
4
Municipal Politics
87
3
Municipal Services
90
1
Municipal Government Revenue
91
1
Recent Developments
92
3
Counties
95
9
Structure and Operation
96
5
County Finance
101
2
County Government Reform
103
1
Special Districts
104
6
Public School Districts
104
2
Junior or Community College Districts
106
1
Nonschool Districts
106
3
The Politics of Special Districts
109
1
Metropolitan Areas
110
3
Councils of Governments
111
1
Stopgap Approaches
111
2
Looking Ahead
113
1
Notes
114
1
Key Terms and Concepts
115
1
Selected Readings
116
16
Texas-Style Water Politics
116
2
Tom Dukes
Who You ``Gonna'' Call?
118
8
Lawrence Bell
Taking Care of Business
Holly Becka
122
To Empower South Texas
126
1
Gary Mounce
Metropolitan Texas: A Regional Approach
127
5
James F. Ray
The Politics of Elections and Parties
132
74
The Politics of Elections
134
21
Voters
134
8
Primaries
142
7
General Elections
149
3
Special Elections
152
1
Administering Elections
152
3
Party Structure
155
9
Temporary Organization
157
3
Selection of National Convention Delegates
160
2
Permanent Organization
162
1
Relationship Between Temporary and Permanent Organizations
163
1
Political Democracy
164
7
Ideology
164
2
Major Political Parties
166
3
Third Parties
169
2
Recent Electoral Contests
171
6
1993: A Special Election to Fill a U.S. Senatorial Seat
171
1
1994: A Gubernatorial Election Year
172
2
1996: A Presidential Election Year
174
3
Women in Politics
177
1
Woman Suffrage
177
1
Women Candidates and Officeholders
177
1
Racial/Ethnic Politics
178
3
African Americans
179
1
Hispanics
179
2
Political Campaigns
181
5
Conducting Campaigns in the 1990s
181
2
Financing Campaigns
183
1
Regulation of Campaign Financing
184
2
Looking Ahead
186
1
Notes
187
2
Key Terms and Concepts
189
1
Selected Readings
190
16
From Dream Town to Reality City
190
7
Joyce Langenegger
H. W. ``Sputnik'' Strain
B. J. Waugh
A Fly on the Wall at Polling Place #315
197
5
Kelli Montgomery
Republican Governor Bill Clements: ``He Broke the Mold''
202
4
Carolyn Barta
The Politics of Interest Groups
206
40
Interest Groups in the Political Process
208
3
What Is an Interest Group?
208
1
Political Parties and Interest Groups
208
1
Interest Groups in American Politics
209
2
Organization of Interest Groups
211
1
Organization of Patterns
211
1
Membership in Interest Groups
212
1
Leadership in Interest Groups
212
1
Classification of Interest Groups
212
10
Economic Groups
213
2
Professional Groups
215
1
Racial and Ethnic Groups
215
1
Public Interest Groups
216
1
Public Officer and Employee Groups
217
1
Texas Power Groups
217
5
Interest Group Activities and Techniques
222
8
Group Activities
222
1
Techniques of Interest Groups
223
7
Interest Group Power and Public Policy
230
2
Interest Groups and Public Policy in Texas
230
1
Interest Group Power Linkage
231
1
Pinpointing Political Power
232
1
Looking Ahead
232
1
Notes
232
1
Key Terms and Concepts
233
1
Selected Readings
234
12
Religious Groups Back Education Candidates
234
3
Terrence Stutz
Suit-Reform Group Finds Money Can't Guarantee Action
237
3
Wayne Slater
Richard A. Oppel, Jr.
Lobbyists Take Their Pitches to the Common Folk
240
3
Michele Key
Voice for Low-Income Texans Gains Influence in Legislature
243
3
Suzanne Gamboa
The Legislature
246
78
A Preliminary View
247
1
Legislative Framework
248
3
Composition
248
1
Election and Terms of Office
249
1
Sessions
249
1
Districting
250
1
Compensation
251
6
Pay and Per Diem Allowance
252
4
Contingency Expense Allowances
256
1
Retirement Pension
256
1
Membership
257
6
Qualifications of Members
257
1
Characteristics of Members
257
6
Powers and Immunities
263
4
Legislative Powers
263
2
Other Powers
265
1
Immunities
266
1
Presiding officers
267
3
President of the Senate: The Lieutenant Governor
267
1
Speaker of the House
268
2
Committee System
270
4
House Committees
272
1
Senate Committees
273
1
Legislative Caucus System
274
5
Party Caucuses
274
2
Racial/Ethnic Caucuses
276
2
Ideological Caucuses
278
1
Procedure
279
8
Rules
279
1
A Bill Becomes a Law
280
7
Influences Within the Legislative Environment
287
4
Governor
287
1
Judges, Attorney General, and Comptroller of Public Accounts
287
1
Lobbyists
288
1
Legislative Research Organizations
289
1
Media
290
1
Slow Progress Toward Legislative Reform
291
2
Looking Ahead
293
1
Notes
294
1
Key Terms and Concepts
295
1
Selected Readings
296
28
Young Staffers Work in Power's Shadow
296
3
Steve Scheibal
Growth of Republican Representation in the Texas Legislature: A Case Study of Party Cohesion and Party Line Voting
299
7
Thomas R. Myers
View from a Committee Cockpit in the Texas House Representative Patricia Gray (D-Galveston)
306
1
Lobby-Paid Trips Still Fly
307
5
Mike Ward
Stuart Eskenazi
Hired Gun
312
5
Alberta Brooks
The Memorial Day Massacre: A Result of Partisan Conflict of Philosophical Differences within the Texas House of Representatives?
317
7
The Executive
324
36
Overview of the Governorship
325
10
Reconstruction Influence
325
2
Gubernatorial Politics
327
1
Comparative Profiles
328
2
Election
330
2
Compensation
332
1
Succession
333
1
Removal from Office
333
1
Staff
334
1
Powers of the Governor
335
7
Executive Powers
335
3
Legislative Powers
338
2
Judicial Powers
340
1
Informal Powers
341
1
The Plural Executive
342
4
Lieutenant Governor
342
1
Attorney General
343
1
Commissioner of the General Land Office
344
1
Commissioner of Agriculture
344
1
Comptroller of Public Accounts
345
1
Secretary of State
345
1
Looking Ahead
346
1
Notes
346
1
Key Terms and Concepts
347
1
Selected Readings
348
12
Tax Reform Proposals in Governor George W. Bush's State of the State Address to the 75th Texas Legislature
348
4
George W. Bush
Inside the Governor's Office
352
2
Pete Wassdorf
Texas Versus Big Tobacco
354
2
Barnaby J. Feder
Judge Garza Goes to Austin
356
4
Gary Scharrer
Public Policy and Administration
360
38
State Employees
361
3
Size
361
1
Customer Service
362
2
Education
364
6
Public Schools
365
1
Texas Education Agency
365
1
Colleges and Universities
366
4
Social Services
370
4
Human Services
370
2
Health
372
1
Mental Health and Mental Retardation
373
1
Employment
374
1
Economic Policies
374
5
Business Regulation
375
3
Business Promotion
378
1
Environmental Issues
379
4
Air and Water
380
2
Hazardous Waste
382
1
Too Many Agencies?
383
1
Looking Ahead
384
1
Notes
385
1
Key Terms and Concepts
386
1
Selected Readings
387
11
$13-Million Green Case Texas House Research Organization
387
2
An Opportunity Gap in State Jobs?
389
2
Frank Bass
On the Right Track
391
2
Robert Dietz
They Can't Do That!
393
5
Ron Beal
Laws, Courts, and Justice
398
63
An Introduction to Texas's Justice System
400
1
Some Important Questions
400
1
A Changing Focus
400
1
State Law in Texas
401
7
Code Revision
401
1
Criminal Law
402
4
Civil Law
406
2
Courts, Judges, and Lawyers
408
15
Local Trial Courts
408
4
County Trial Courts
412
1
State Trial Courts
413
2
Appellate Courts
415
4
Disciplining and Removing Judges and Justices
419
2
Lawyers
421
2
Juries
423
3
Grand Jury
424
1
Trial Jury
424
2
Judicial Procedures
426
3
Civil Trial Procedure
426
1
Criminal Trial Procedure
427
2
Correction and Rehabilitation
429
10
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice
430
1
Criminal Justice Policy Council
431
1
State Institutions of Corrections for Adults
432
3
Local Government Jails
435
1
Private Prisons
436
1
Supervision of Released Offenders
436
3
Juvenile Justice
439
4
State and Local Agencies
440
1
Procedures and Institutions
440
3
Problems and Reforms: Implications for Public Policy
443
4
Coping with Crowded Dockets
444
1
Judicial Selection
445
1
Rights of Crime Victims
446
1
Looking Ahead
447
1
Notes
447
2
Key Terms and Concepts
449
1
Selected Readings
450
11
Death Watch
450
3
Mimi Swartz
Fixing Texas's Crime Epidemic
453
2
John Whitmire
Your Day in Small Claims Court
455
4
Deborah Fowler
State Courts Lack the Resources to Function Well
459
2
Jay Patterson
Revenues, Expenditures, and Fiscal Policy
461
62
The Texas Economy: Two Decades of Change
462
2
Enduring Policy Issues
464
3
Public School Pressures
464
1
Highway Demands
465
1
Prison Stresses
465
1
Welfare Strains
465
2
Traditional Fiscal Policies
467
1
Budget Policy
467
1
Taxing Policy
467
1
Spending Policy
468
1
Politics of Budgeting and Fiscal Management
468
7
Budgeting
468
4
Tax Collection
472
1
Lottery Supervision
472
1
Investment of Public Funds
473
1
Purchasing
473
1
Accounting
473
1
Auditing
474
1
Politics of Revenue and Debt Management
475
16
The Politics of Taxation
475
1
Current Trends in Texas Taxation
475
9
Revenue from Gambling
484
2
Nontax Revenues
486
4
The Public Debt
490
1
Politics of Spending
491
15
Spending to Purchase Services
492
13
Spending to Perform Services
505
1
Looking Ahead
506
1
Notes
507
1
Key Terms and Concepts
508
1
Selected Readings
509
14
In the Forecasting Game, Comptroller Stands Out
509
3
Caleb Solomon
The Great Tax Debate
512
2
Billy Hamilton
Who Pays Texas Taxes?
514
3
Fiscal Notes
How Your Texas Tax Dollars Are Spent
517
2
Joe E. Ericson
Texas Offers Glimpse of Post-Welfare State
519
4
Jennifer Bradley
Selected Sources for Research and Reading
523
22
Electronic Sources
523
2
Indexes
523
1
Full-Text Files
523
1
Web Sites
524
1
Printed Sources
525
19
Bibliographies
526
1
References
526
1
State Government Documents
527
1
Newsletters
528
1
Periodicals
528
1
Texas Government Textbooks and Readers
529
1
The Environment of Texas Politics
530
2
Federalism and the Texas Constitution
532
1
Local Governments
533
2
The Politics of Elections and Parties
535
2
The Politics of Interest Groups
537
1
The Legislature
538
1
The Executive
539
1
Public Policy and Administration
539
2
Laws, Courts, and Justice
541
2
Revenues, Expenditures, and Fiscal Policy
543
1
Texas-Based Think Tanks for Public Policy Research
544
1
Glossary
545
10
Index
555