Unorthodox lawmaking : new legislative processes in the U.S. Congress / Barbara Sinclair, University of California, Los Angeles.

Fifth edition.

Thousand Oaks, California : Sage CQ Press, [2017]

xvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed "unorthodox lawmaking." In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress's work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the legislative process. This dramatically revised Fifth Edition incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters highlight Sinclair's fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair's significant mark on the study of Congress."--Back cover/publisher's website.

English

May 22, 2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.