From the above it is plain that globalization has significantly affected the mode of
governance. In tandem with this reconfiguration of social space, the statist mould of old has
given way to a polycentric framework. States continue to figure very significantly in this
post-statist condition, but they are embedded in multilayered and diffuse networks of
regulation. Polycentric governance occurs through diverse and often interconnected public
and private arrangements on varying scales from local to global. The situation has lacked a
clear centre of command and control of the sort that the Westphalian sovereign state once
provided.