Clay, Joy A.2014-03-142014-03-141991-12-01etd-05222007-091341http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37874Congressional hearings serve as a legitimating force for public agency polices and programs and the interactions among members of policy subsystems. Although not conventionally viewed as a management process, the congressional hearing process is a significant management process and an important component of the American political system.viii, 291 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V856 1991.C639Legislative hearings -- United StatesDissertationhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05222007-091341/