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

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bauer, Julien (Contribuidor), Chapman, Laura A. (Contribuidor), Clarkson, Stephen (Contribuidor), Crelinsten, Ronald D. (Contribuidor), Cutler, Robert M. (Contribuidor), Le Prestre, Philippe (Contribuidor), Sala, Vincent Delia (Contribuidor), Smith, Gordon Scott (Editor ), Smith, Gordon (Contribuidor), Wolfe, Robert (Contribuidor), Wolfish, Daniel (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Trends Project
Temas:
International relations.
Political planning > Canada.
Power (Social sciences).
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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