Differing Effects of Representative Bureaucracy in Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-302

  Roch, Christine H ^a   Pitts, David W ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charter schools; representative bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859726814     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074011400404     Document Type: Article

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