Course Outline

Lecture 1    Texas Culture, People and History

Lecture 2    The Texas Constitution in Perspective

Lecture 3    Voting and Elections

Lecture 4    Political Parties

Lecture 5    Interest Groups

Lecture 6    The Legislature

Lecture 7    [RESERVED]

Lecture 8    The Governor

Lecture 9    The Plural Executive and the Bureaucracy

Lecture 10    The Judiciary

Lecture 11    Law and Due Process

Lecture 12    Taxing and Budgeting

Lecture 13    Spending and Services

Lecture 14    Local Government