White House Structure and Decision Making: Elaborating the Standard Model

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-318

  Walcott, Charles E ^a   Hult, Karen M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044799211     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2005.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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