Figures and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Acronyms

Introduction: Conceptualizing Multiple Centres of Power

Gordon Smith

Daniel Wolfish

Part One: Multiple Centres of Power

Menage a trois: The State between Civil Society and the International System

Julien Bauer

Philippe Le Prestre

Policy Making in a Multicentric World: The Impact of Globalization, Privatization, and Decentralization on Democratic Governance

Ronald D. Crelinsten

Part Two: The State and Multiple Centres of Power

Governance of Politics without a Centre

Vincent Della Sala

The Multi-centred State: Canadian Government under Globalizing Pressures

Stephen Clarkson

Part Three: The International System and Multiple Centres of Power

The Emergence of International Parliamentary Institutions: New Networks of Influence in World Society

Robert M. Cutler

International Convention Secretariats and Canada's Role in Future Environmental Governance

Philippe Le Prestre

Rendering unto Caesar: How Legal Pluralism and Regime Theory Help in Understanding Multiple Centres of Power

Robert Wolfe

Conclusion: Implications for Governance and Policy

Gordon Smith

Daniel Wolfish

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