Oversight as Constraint or Catalyst? Explaining Agency Influence on State Policy Decision Making

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-291

  Palus, Christine Kelleher ^a   Yackee, Susan Webb ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

oversight; policy influence; political control; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876172046     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074012443730     Document Type: Article

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