Institutional Pressures and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: Why Do Public Agencies Respond to Freedom of Information Requests?
Public agencies face diverse expectations from external actors regarding their responsiveness. However, systemic research explaining how institutional pressures arising from these expectations, particularly formal rules and informal norms, motivate public agencies to respond remains limited. By cond...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 354 - 371 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar/Apr2026
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