{"product_id":"managing-uncertainty-in-the-house-of-representatives-adaption-and-innovation-in-special-rules-9780815707417","title":"Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaption and Innovation in Special Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe postreform House of Representatives of the 1980's is strikingly different from the House of the 1970s. A most important change is the increasingly creative use of special rules, which structure floor debate on major legislation. The new trade of special rule craftsmanship now plays a pivotal role in managing the uncertainties of decisionmaking in the House. During the 1970s new issues and new members disrupted old ways of doing business, while organizational and procedural reforms redistributed influence and resources in ways not always anticipated. These combined to produce a much less stable, predictable environment for the Rules Committee and the entire House.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn response, the Rules Committee and the Democratic leadership devised new strategies in the form of special rules. These special rules are more complex and varied in their provisions and more likely to be restrictive in their effect on amending activity. Special rules have altered members' political calculations and strategies, changed the ways committees can protect themselves from attack on the floor, and presented the minority party with new constraints on proposing legislative alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStanley Bach and Steven Smith examine these dramatic changes in the character of special rules and their use to shape debate and decisions in the House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Bach, Steven S. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815707417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteven S. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of several books on congressional politics, including \u003ci\u003eThe American Congress\u003c\/i\u003e (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eCall to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate\u003c\/i\u003e (Brookings, 1989).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40202795942003,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4aaf04d0-b38c-44af-9d90-4bdbe6efe76d.jpg?v=1656252539","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/managing-uncertainty-in-the-house-of-representatives-adaption-and-innovation-in-special-rules-9780815707417","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}