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from predominantly concentrating on
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by Putnam (1988) when investigating the
creation of large win-sets in two-level
games. This would then allow for the
testing of hypotheses in a comparative
setting; allowing for further confirmation
of the added value of policy process
theories and formal network analysis for
multilevel policy investigations.
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Data on Swiss national climate policy
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the framework of the following project
and funding body: “NCCR-Climate,”
supported by the Swiss National Science
Foundation. The authors would like to
thank the two anonymous reviewers and
Manuel Fischer for helpful comments
about content and format of this
manuscript.
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