Understanding public support for the US federal bureaucracy: A macro politics view

Public Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-536

  Yackee, Susan Webb ^a   Lowery, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administration; Approval; Bureaucracy; Government performance; Public agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745685384     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030500362389     Document Type: Article

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