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Thomas Hale - Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most - 9780745662398 - V9780745662398
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Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

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Description for Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most Paperback. The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties and international institutions - have broken down.

The result is gridlock, which manifests across areas via a number of common mechanisms. The rise of new powers representing a more diverse array of interests makes agreement more difficult. The problems themselves have also ... Read more

Ranging over the main areas of global concern, from security to the global economy and the environment, this book examines these mechanisms of gridlock and pathways beyond them. It is written in a highly accessible way, making it relevant not only to students of politics and international relations but also to a wider general readership.

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Product Details

Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745662398
SKU
V9780745662398
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Thomas Hale
Thomas Hale is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. David Held is master of University College and professor of politics and international relations at Durham University Kevin Young is assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Reviews for Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most
"A must-read for those thinking about a better global governance." Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization "Their book is convincing, well written, and sobering." Perspectives on Politics "International institutions are less and less able to solve global problems even as we need them more and more. Gridlock offers a lucid and concise set of explanations for ... Read more

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