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An actor‐centred approach to multi‐level governance

Gary Marks Louis Rubin Professor of Political Science and a Director of the Duke/UNC Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pages 20-38 | Published online: 19 Nov 2007

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