Author ORCID Identifier
George Homsy: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4470-1437
Zhilin Liu: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-4575
Mildred E. Warner: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-338X
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-10-2018
Keywords
multilevel governance, sustainability, environmental protection, United States, China
Abstract
Scholars embrace multilevel governance as an analytical framework for complex problems, such as climate change or water pollution. However, the elements needed to comprehensively operationalize multilevel governance remain undefined in the literature. This paper describes the five necessary ingredients to a multilevel framework: sanctioning and coordinating authority, provision of capacity, knowledge co-production, framing of co-benefits, and inclusion of civil society. The framework’s analytical utility is illustrated through two contrasting case examples – watershed management in the U.S. and air quality management in China. The framework balances local and central actors, which can promote a more effective governance regime.
Publisher Attribution
This is a post-peer review, pre-publisher version of an article published in the International Journal of Public Administration, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2018.1491597.
Recommended Citation
Homsy, George C.; Liu, Zhilin; and Warner, Mildred E., "Multilevel Governance: Framing the Integration of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Policymaking" (2018). Public Administration Faculty Scholarship. 45.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/public_admin_fac/45