Barbara Allen is professor, former chair of the Department of Political Science, and former Director of Women's Studies at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Filippo Sabetti is professor of political science at McGill University.
Mark Sproule-Jones is V.K. Copps Professor of political science at McMaster University in Canada.

Chapter 1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 List of Contributors
Part 3 I Introduction
Chapter 4 1 Normative and Empirical Inquiries into Systems of Governance
Chapter 5 2 Constitutional Foundations for a Th eory of System Comparisons
Part 6 II Foundations for a Normative Assessment of Governance
Chapter 7 3 Th e Normative and Limiting Conditions in a Polycentric Political Order
Chapter 8 4 Legal Pluralism, Polycentricity, and Faith-Based Organizations in Global Governance
Chapter 9 5 Challenges to Interreligious Liberative Collective Action between Muslims and Christians
Chapter 10 6 Democratization without Violence: Can Political Order be Achieved through Peaceful Means?
Chapter 11 7 Th e Man Who Heated Up Economic Discussion with a Stove: Walter Eucken's Method of Institutional Design
Part 12 III Struggles for Polycentric Governance in Diverse Continents
Chapter 13 8 Malawi's Lake Chiuta Fisheries: Intelligent Burden-Shedding to Foster Renewable Resources Stewardship
Chapter 14 9 From the Cheyenne Way to the Chilean Way (of Political Reconciliation and Impunity): A Retrospective on Political Architecture, Political Culture, and Institutional Design
Chapter 15 10 Challenges Facing "State" Building in Burma
Chapter 16 11 American Experience in Metropolitan Governance
Chapter 17 Index
Chapter 18 About the Cover Art