Who Is Afraid of the State? : Canada in a World of Multiple Centres of Power.

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Conceptualizing Multiple Centres of Power -- Part One: Multiple Centres of Power -- 2 Menage à trois: The State between Civil Society and the International System -- 3 Policy Making in a Multicentric World: The Impact of Globalization, Privatization, and Decentralization on Democratic Governance -- Part Two: The State and Multiple Centres of Power -- 4 Governance of Politics without a Centre -- 5 The Multi-centred State: Canadian Government under Globalizing Pressures -- Part Three: The International System and Multiple Centres of Power -- 6 The Emergence of International Parliamentary Institutions: New Networks of Influence in World Society -- 7 International Convention Secretariats and Canada's Role in Future Environmental Governance -- 8 Rendering unto Caesar: How Legal Pluralism and Regime Theory Help in Understanding Multiple Centres of Power -- 9 Conclusion: Implications for Governance and Policy -- References.

The essays in this collection argue that - contrary to some private-sector populists - the state is in the best position to lead in making policy in a rapidly changing world and should retain and refine this responsibility.

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