Unlike the usual overview, this lively paperback engages you in an unbiased, analytical study of the conflicting realities that make Texas government and politics so interesting. Do the political realities fall short of democratic ideals? How does conservatism within the Democratic and Republican parties affect the state's politics? And how does the ever increasing conflict among ethnic, racial, and economic factions "play" in the political arena? Praised by educators statewide, Essentials of Texas Politics incorporates each of these questions into a concise examination of the key elements of Texas politics. Book jacket.