Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy

Lone Star Tarnished approaches public policy in the nation’s most populous ＂red state＂ from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives.This text is aimed at students and professors of Texas politics who want to stress history, political culture, and public policy.

Cal Jillson is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State; Congressional Dynamics; Constitution-Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787; and The American Dream in History, Politics, and Fiction.