Who is Afraid of the State? : : Canada in a World of Multiple Centres of Power / / ed. by Gordon Scott Smith, Daniel Wolfish.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bauer, Julien,; Chapman, Laura A.,; Clarkson, Stephen,; Crelinsten, Ronald D.,; Cutler, Robert M.,; Le Prestre, Philippe,; Sala, Vincent Delia,; Smith, Gordon,; Wolfe, Robert,; Wolfish, Daniel,
• HerausgeberIn: Smith, Gordon Scott,; Wolfish, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Trends Project
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Is the government becoming less powerful? Is it in retreat vis-a-vis a proliferation of non-governmental agencies, multinational corporations, and international organizations? 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. Examining the interaction of government, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector, the contributors show that government, far from being stagnant, is in a constant state of transformation and revitalization. It may work to prepare citizens for changes that often seem inevitable and sometimes it challenges, even resists, the directions or modes of such change. It remains an important - perhaps the most crucial - actor in the governance process.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Acronyms -- 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Multiple Centres of Power -- Part One. Multiple Centres of Power -- 2. Menage a trots: 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