Integrating delegation into the policy theory literature

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Lavertu, Stéphane ^a   Weimer, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Delegation; Policy theory; Policymaking process; Principal agent

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 61549133143     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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