Texas Politics Today 2017-2018 edition is the standard in its coverage of Texas policies, institutions, and politics. It combines a comparative approach with tightly integrated learning objectives and questions addressing the Texas GOVT 2306 Core Objectives. The textbook closes the gap between practice and theory and practice with its Insiders and Politics in Practice features. The textbook reveals the inner workings of Texas elites, campaign megadonors, interest groups, and policy makers. The authors tapped their resources among political activists and officeholders to provide college students with exclusive essays written by essayists ranging from the governor to campaign consultants to marijuana advocates, showing students how real-world politics operates in Texas. Texas Politics Today’stimulates critical thinking and civic participation with a special focus on current political issues ranging from immigration, gun control policies, LGBT politics, abortion laws, and Latino politics to the culture wars in education. .Texas Politics Today ? 2017-2018 (18th Edition) Authors: Jones, William Earl Maxwell, Ernest Crain, Morhea Lynn Davis, Christopher Wlezein Publisher: Cengage Learning; 18th edition Publication Date: January 1, 2017