George W. Bush and Washington governance: Effective use of a self-limiting style

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Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Schier, Steven E ^a  

^a Carleton College

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Bureaucracy; Congress; Courts; George W. Bush; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749125717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1243     Document Type: Review

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