Evaluating information flows to policy committees in state legislatures: Forest and natural resources as a case

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-48

  Lewis, Bernard J ^a   Ellefson, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 23944481242     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000102     Document Type: Review

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