Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

by Thomas Hale, David Held, and Kevin Young

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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...

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  • ISBN13 9780745670102
  • Publish Date 11 July 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Polity Press