William V. Flores & Christina Hughes 
The Texas Experiment [EPUB ebook] 
Politics, Power, and Social Transformation

Recipient of the 2024 Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Most Promising New Textbook Award
This award recognizes excellence in 1st edition textbooks and learning materials.

The Texas Experiment: Politics, Power, and Social Transformation provides students with an all-encompassing view of Texas government. The book brings together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, to walk students through the state′s past, present, and future. Through its rich historical narrative that tells the unvarnished story of how Texas came to be, to its depictions of the processes and structure of Texas government, and finally with its shifting demographics, we learn that the soul of Texas is multicultural, diverse, and thriving.




The Texas Experiment empowers students to develop their social and personal responsibility so that they can all be a force of positive change in Texas′s vibrant culture.

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Chapter 1 Texas Society and Politics: Past and Present

Chapter 2 Texas Constitution

Chapter 3 Federalism and Local Government

Chapter 4 Political Culture & Civic Participation

Chapter 5 Elections and Voting

Chapter 6 Political Parties in Texas

Chapter 7 The Texas Legislature

Chapter 8 The Governor and Executive Branch

Chapter 9 The Texas Justice System

Chapter 10 Interest Groups and Their Influence

Chapter 11 The Media, Social Media, and Social Movements

Chapter 12 Public Policy and Government Budgeting

Chapter 13 Texas in the Future: Changing Demography and Changing Perspectives

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Gene Preuss, Ph D is an associate professor of history at UHD. He holds a Ph D in history from Texas Tech University. Dr. Preuss is an active member of the Texas State Historical Association, past president of the East Texas Historical Association, and past president of the H-Net Council. He is author of “To Get a Better School System”: One Hundred Years of School Reform in Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2009), and he co-authored with former U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos A Kineño’s Journey: On Family, Learning, and Public Service (Texas Tech University Press, 2016).