State Bureaucratie Discretion and the Administration of Social Welfare Programs: The Case of Social Security Disability

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-106

  Keiser, Lael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0242436750     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024407     Document Type: Article

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