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

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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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ISBN-13:	9780802083883
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/10/2001
Series:	Trends Project
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gordon S. Smith is executive director of the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, and chairs the board of the International Development Research Centre.

Daniel Wolfish is currently a Strategic Priorities Analyst for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

	Figures and Tables	vii
	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Contributors	xiii
	Acronyms	xvii
1	Introduction: Conceptualizing Multiple Centres of Power	3
Part 1	Multiple Centres of Power
2	Menage a trois: The State between Civil Society and the International System	29
3	Policy Making in a Multicentric World: The Impact of Globalization, Privatization, and Decentralization on Democratic Governance	89
Part 2	The State and Multiple Centres of Power
4	Governance of Politics without a Centre	133
5	The Multi-centred State: Canadian Government under Globalizing Pressures	163
Part 3	The International System and Multiple Centres of Power
6	The Emergence of International Parliamentary Institutions: New Networks of Influence in World Society	201
7	International Convention Secretariats and Canada's Role in Future Environmental Governance	230
8	Rendering unto Caesar: How Legal Pluralism and Regime Theory Help in Understanding Multiple Centres of Power	259
9	Conclusion: Implications for Governance and Policy	311
	References	327

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