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Multilevel Governance: Framing the Integration of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Policymaking

George C. HomsyDepartment of Public Administration, Sustainable Communities Program, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Zhilin LiuSchool of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-4575View further author information
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Mildred E. WarnerDepartment of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-338XView further author information
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Pages 572-582 | Published online: 10 Jul 2018

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