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Who is afraid of the state? : Canada in a world of multiple centres of power / edited by Gordon Smith and Daniel Wolfish.
LIBRA JL75 .W56 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Policy research (Toronto, Ont.)
- Trends series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada--Politics and government.
- Canada.
- Politics and government.
- Political planning--Canada.
- Political planning.
- Canada--Foreign relations--1945-.
- International relations.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 351 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Conceptualizing Multiple Centres of Power / Gordon Smith, Daniel Wolfish 3
- Part 1 Multiple Centres of Power
- 2 Menage a trois: The State between Civil Society and the International System / Julien Bauer, Philippe Le Prestre 29
- 3 Policy Making in a Multicentric World: The Impact of Globalization, Privatization, and Decentralization on Democratic Governance / Ronald D. Crelinsten 89
- Part 2 The State and Multiple Centres of Power
- 4 Governance of Politics without a Centre / Vincent Della Sala 133
- 5 The Multi-centred State: Canadian Government under Globalizing Pressures / Stephen Clarkson 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 / Robert M. Cutler 201
- 7 International Convention Secretariats and Canada's Role in Future Environmental Governance / Philippe Le Prestre 230
- 8 Rendering unto Caesar: How Legal Pluralism and Regime Theory Help in Understanding Multiple Centres of Power / Robert Wolfe 259
- 9 Conclusion: Implications for Governance and Policy / Gordon Smith, Daniel Wolfish 311.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0802083889
- OCLC:
- 46628045
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