Latina administrators in local government: The interplay of role orientation and policy intentions

Administration and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 825-851

  Brenner, Christine Thurlow ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Cultural abidance; Latina administrators; Legal abidance; New institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349157948     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708326346     Document Type: Article

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