The politics-administration dichotomy: An empirical search for correspondence between theory and practice

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-96

  Demir, Tansu ^a,c   Nyhan, Ronald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

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EID: 37849035450     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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