Inside the black box: The development of proposed rules and the limits of procedural controls

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 576-599

  West, William F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative policy; Proposed rules; Public comment; Rulemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349413304     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399709339013     Document Type: Article

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