Smith, Gordon Scott. <br/><br/>
Who Is Afraid of the State? :  Canada in a World of Multiple Centres of Power. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (370 pages) 
 - Trends Project Series .
 - Trends Project Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442683396 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political planning-Canada.<br/>Power (Social sciences).<br/>International relations.<br/>Canada-Politics and government-1945-.<br/>Canada-Foreign relations-1945-.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JL75 .W46 2001