political science

     normative statements

     empirical evidence

     political system
     politics
     public policy

     government
     Civil & criminal law

     power; influence; authority

     legitimacy

     law, tradition/custom, charisma
    citizen

types of governments
     freedom v. order
     freedom v. equality
     dictatorship; authoritarianism; totalitarianism, constitutional government
     monarchy, constitutional monarchy, aristocracy, American classless society
     oligarchy, plutocracy, pluralism
      theocracy; 1st Amendment religion clauses: establishment & free exercise
      Global rating of Political Rights
democracy
     direct  & indirect (representative) democracy
      procedural & substantive democracy
      republic; republicanism
      personal liberty
      popular consent, citizen participation
      pathways of action
      popular sovereignty
     Decision rules: majority rule, extraordinary (super) majority; plurality

     minority/individual rights

     civil liberties, political liberty, Bill of Rights

     political equality, Baker v. Carr, "one person, one vote"

    14th amendment, equal protection, due process of law
American political culture
     Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
      Gunnar Myrdal,  the "American Creed"
      Robert Dahl, the "democratic creed"
     the American Dream
     American Exceptionalism
      American Diversity
     state subcultures
political ideology; ideologue
     conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism, populism/communitarianism
     radical, reactionary, pragmatic middle

     the American Split Political Personality

     Communism,Socialism,Fascism

     capitalism; capitalist democracy
American Revolution

Declaration of Independence; The Texas Declaration of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson, Adam Smith, John Adams, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke
     John Locke, Second Treatise on Government

    Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
         Robert Frost, The Black Cottage  
 "All men are created equal"

Divine Right of Kings

       what kind of government?

         limited government

         self-government

         constitutionalism
     natural law, natural rights
       government & civil society
       social contract theory
          consent of the governed

         psychology of human nature

       right of revolution

          state of nature

         Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

          "Life is nasty, brutish, and short."

         "A war of all against all."

Articles of Confederation

       Confederation,  Federalism, Unitary government.

       Sovereignty

The Constitution
     the idea of a constitution
     James Madison,  "If men were angels..."

       North-South Compromise

    Unicameralism, Bicameralism

      Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan
     Great Compromise
     Three-Fifths Compromise
     separation of powers & checks & balances

     Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws

    Separated institutions sharing power

   Judicial review, Marbury v. Madison, "the least dangerous branch"

   Tyranny of the majority

     Bill of Rights
     federal system

   Grants of power, denials of power, enumerated (expressed) powers

   Reserved powers, police powers

   necessary and proper clause, implied powers,  McCulloch v. Maryland

   supremacy clause
   Federalists & Anti-Federalists
   The Federalist Papers

   U. S. constitutional amendment process

   Amendments 11-27

    impeachment process
 A second revolution

   Jacksonian democracy
TEXAS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
political culture

Texas Creed: individualism, liberty, constitutionalism, equality,

 American Creed,

Texas Myths/TX mystique
     myth of origin
     individualism
Texas political culture
     political culture
    Texas Creed/American Creed
     individualism, liberty, constitutionalism, equality
    Tejanos
   Texas populism
political subcultures: moralistic, individualistic, traditionalistic
TX traditional/individualistic subculture
      Legacy of political independence

         Alamo, Republic of Texas
         5 states division, Flag, Public lands
     Frontier Experience
         lawless, guns, violence
         Texas Rangers

         exploit the environment

         oil/gas subculture

   The Old South
      Yellow Dog Democrats, “Damn Yankees”

        Poll tax, White primary
        Race & Class in Texas Politics
  Religious Heritage
      Protestant fundamentalism
      “Bible Belt,” liquor, gambling, horseracing, blue laws
      Catholic Church
  Tradition of agrarian protest
     Southern populism
Population & Cultural Heterogeneity:
     Spanish legal tradition, community property state, Mexico, NAFTA
     urbanization, metropolitanization
     undocumented alien/Illegal immigrants
      Trans-Texas Corridor
     The Huntington Theory of Hispanization demographics
Historical Origins of Political Subcultures

The People of Texas
     Native Americans,
     Hispanics
    African Americans

    Asian Americans

   Anglos, Tejanos
Politics, Race, Ethnicity
     Federal Voting Rights Act
     V. O. Key Southern politics
The Political Implications of Demographics
     Population increase
     Aging Population
     Urbanization
      Population Density
     Wealth & Income Distribution
     Education & Literacy
     The Texas Economy

      Economic Regions & Transnational Issues
      Transnational Regionalism
       Maquilaoras
       NAFTA
        Trade Patterns
         The border
          Illegal immigration
Texas Constitution
     Constitutional Legacy
            constitution
           statutory law
     Comparative Constitutions
     The TX Constitutions
           Coahuila y Tejas 1827
            Republic of Texas 1836
            Constitution 1845
             Civil War Constitution 1861
                  confederacy
             Reconstruction Constitution 1869
                    radical Reconstruiitonists
          Constitution of 1876
            General Principles/Structural Impact
                   constitutional (limited) government
                      Unitary government
                     Separation of Powers/Checks & Balances
                      Executive Branch
                      weak executive system
                 Legislative Branch  
                            strong legislature -- Speaker of the House, Lt. Gov.
                      Judicial Branch
                             bifurcated judiciary
                      Education

                  Budgeting & Finances
                  Individual Rights
                  Local Government
     Consequences of Detail
     Constitutional Change/Adaptation
         Constl. convention
          Reform
               right to work law 
         Constitutional Revision Commission
   Piecemeal reform
   Constitutional provisions, interest groups, & elites
    Court Interpretation/Change
 Texas constitutional amendment process

    Permanent University Fund (PUF)

    reverse mortgage amendment

   lottery amendment

   income tax amendment

   home equity amendment

   highway fund borrowing amendment
   gay marriage amendment

   community property state

   homestead protection