Why PART? The institutional politics of presidential budget reform

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-215

  Dull, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33645134209     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muj004     Document Type: Article

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