MITCHELL, Jerry <br/><br/>
Representation in government boards and commissions 

 - malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  mar./apr.1997 
<br/><br/> Boards and commissions have become an inportant part of government. The question is who do these represent? Do they represent the public interest? The preferences of appointing officials? The interests and need of particular social, economic, or political groups? Or, the ideas and practices of their professional staff? This research discovers that the public interest is generally most important to all kinds of government vary with the size, composition, compensation, and functions ways to change the organization of board and several potential ways to change the organization of board and commission governance to affect representation.