Public administration and the life sciences: Revisiting biopolitics

Administration and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-708

  Meyer Emerick, Nancy ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolicy; Biopolitics; Evolutionary theory; Human nature; Organizational behavior; Public administration; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751311223     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399706293077     Document Type: Article

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