Legislatures, courts, and statutory control of the bureaucracy across the U.S. states

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-397

  Mcgrath, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Executive politics; Legislative behavior; Legislative politics; Legislative executive interaction; Legislative judicial interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890143664     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440013497972     Document Type: Article

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