State Agent or Citizen Agent: Two Narratives of Discretion

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-358

  Maynard Moody, Steven ^a   Musheno, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002309879     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024272     Document Type: Article

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