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Publisher’s Notice Please note that this version of the ebook does not include access to any media or print supplements that are sold packaged with the printed book. W. W. NORTON & COMPANY has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Mary D. Herter Norton first published lectures delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult education division of New York City’s Cooper Union. The firm soon expanded its program beyond the Institute, publishing books by celebrated academics from America and abroad. By midcentury, the two major pillars of Norton’s publishing program—trade books and college texts—were firmly established. In the 1950s, the Norton family transferred control of the company to its employees, and today—with a staff of five hundred and hundreds of trade, college, and professional titles published each year—W. W. Norton & Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. Copyright © 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved Editor: Peter Lesser Associate Editor: Anna Olcott Project Editor: Laura Dragonette Manuscript Editor: Ellen Lohman Managing Editor, College: Marian Johnson Managing Editor, College Digital Media: Kim Yi Production Manager: Stephen Sajdak Media Editor: Spencer Richardson-Jones Media Editorial Assistant: Lena Nowak-Laird Media Project Editor: Marcus Van Harpen Ebook Production Manager: Megan Crayne Marketing Manager, Political Science: Ashley Sherwood Design Director: Rubina Yeh Director of College Permissions: Megan Schindel College Permissions Assistant: Patricia Wong Text Design: Tamaye Perry Photo Editor: Thomas Persano Information Graphics: Kiss Me I’m Polish LLC, New York Composition: Achorn International, Inc. Permission to use copyrighted material is included in the credits section of this book, which begins on p. A47. The Library of Congress has catalogued the printed edition as follows: Names: Champagne, Anthony, author. | Harpham, Edward J., author. | Casellas, Jason Paul, 1977- author. author. Title: Governing Texas / Anthony Champagne, Edward J. Harpham, Jason P. Casellas. Description: 5th edition. | New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020053065 | ISBN 9780393427004 (paperback) | ISBN 9780393539707 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Texas—Politics and government. Classification: LCC JK4816 .C48 2021 | DDC 320.4764—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053065 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10110 www.wwnorton.com W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., 15 Carlisle Street, London W1D 3BS Ebook version: 5.1-retailer Contents in Brief 1 • The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas 3 2 • The Texas Constitution 41 3 • Texas in the Federal System 81 4 • Political Parties 115 5 • Campaigns and Elections 151 6 • Interest Groups and Lobbying 185 7 • The Legislature 215 8 • The Executive Branch 253 9 • The Judiciary 295 10 • Local Government 333 11 • Public Finance 373 12 • Public Policy 407 13 • Crime, Corrections, and Public Safety 447 14 • Building the Future: Public Policies for a Changing Texas 487 Appendix A1 Endnotes A21 Answer Key A45 Credits A47 Glossary / Index A49
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