Managing in the Regulatory Thicket: Regulation Legitimacy and Expertise

Public Administration Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 381-394

  Amirkhanyan, Anna A ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^b   O'Toole, Laurence J ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84978121686     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12591     Document Type: Article

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