TX.GOV (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)

Maxwell, William Earl

ISBN 10: 1133964419 / ISBN 13: 9781133964414

Published by Cengage Learning, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TX.GOV (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1133964419
• ISBN 13: 9781133964414
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Created by the continuous feedback of a "student-tested, faculty-approved" process, TX.GOV delivers a visually appealing, succinct print component, tear-out review cards, and a consistent online offering with CourseMate that includes an eBook in addition to a set of interactive digital tools, all at a value-based price and proven to increase retention and outcomes. TX.GOV employs a motivating debate theme and focuses on the current and historical conflicts and controversies that define Texas politics. Attention CourseMate user: The CourseMate platform is being sunset and will not be sold with this title after December 31st, 2019. Cengage will support existing users of CourseMate through August 1st, 2020.

About the Authors

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.

Adolfo Santos is the chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Houston-Downtown and Associate Professor of Political Science. Dr. Santos received a Ph.D. from the University of Houston in 1998. He is the author of DO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REWARD THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYERS?: EVALUATING THE REVOLVING DOOR SYNDROME. He also writes about Hispanic representation in the U.S. Congress and the Texas legislature.