Delegation to independent regulatory agencies: Pressures, functions and contextual mediation

The Politics of Delegation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 125-147

  Thatcher, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203005989     Document Type: Chapter

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