Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing Policy-Making Performance -- 3 Networks and Performance -- 4 France: A Shift from Low- to High-Level Performance -- 5 The United States: Performance in the Absence of Intergovernmental Coordination -- 6 Canada: Stalled at a Low Performance Level -- 7 Misplaced Distrust -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W -- Z.