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Loren A. King
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BIOGRAPHY

Loren A. King is an associate professor at Wilfrid Laurier University whose contributions to SAGE Publications’s Encyclopedia of Governance formed the basis for his articles at Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)
Consent, in ethics and political philosophy, an act of permitting something to be done or of recognizing some authority. Granting consent implies relinquishing some authority in a sphere of concern in which one’s sovereignty ought otherwise to be respected. Consent is, under certain conditions,…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Governance - 2 volume set
Encyclopedia of Governance - 2 volume set (December 2006)
The Encyclopedia of Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times and the ways in which these roles have been conceptualized in the areas of Political Science, Public Administration, Political Economy,...
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