The conditioning effects of policy salience and complexity on American political institutions

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-243

  Eshbaugh Soha, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bureaucracy; Civil rights; Clean air; Complexity; Congress; Gormley; Media; Policy; Presidency; Salience

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 33646539171     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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