Bureaucracy as a representative institution: Toward a reconciliation of bureaucratic government and democratic theory

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 717-744

  Selden, Sally Coleman ^a   Brudney, Jeffrey L ^a   Kellough, J Edward ^a  

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EID: 0032220655     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991727     Document Type: Article

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