The managing of the presidency: applying theory-driven empirical models to the study of white house bureaucratic performance

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Vaughn, Justin S ^a   Villalobos, Jos D ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic performance; Presidency; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549101408     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907313207     Document Type: Article

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