Policy Networks and the U.S. Congressional Efforts to Terminate Four Federal Agencies

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-111

  Shockley, Gordon E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

path dependence; policy networks; termination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856940910     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2011.635490     Document Type: Article

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