{"product_id":"gridlock-9780745662398","title":"Gridlock","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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 grown harder as global policy issues penetrate ever more deeply into core domestic concerns. Existing institutions, created for a different world, also lock-in pathological decision-making procedures and render the field ever more complex. All of these processes - in part a function of previous, successful effort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must-read for those thinking about a better global governance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Their book is convincing, well written, and sobering.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 the dysfunction we observe across the security, economic, and environmental arenas. Best of all, by identifying systemic patterns of failure and the underlying causes, the authors are able to put forward a useful set of practical solutions. A great read for policymakers and experts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is no shortage of books that make the case for global cooperation; this one explains why we are not getting it. Ranging over international security, the global economy, and the environment, this excellent and sensible book elucidates why our global commons is becoming increasingly unmanageable, as a result in part of the very success of the post-war international system.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDani Rodrik, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An eye-opening and encouraging book. Not only does it present an analysis of why global cooperation is failing, but it also offers pathways out of gridlock.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlrich Beck, University of Munich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eGridlock\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Hale, David Held, and Kevin Young offer an ambitious and sweeping treatment of contemporary global issues that combines sociology, political economy, and international relations.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter M. Haas, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"It is an accessible, pleasant read thanks to its eloquent prose and remarkable storytelling.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoxes and Tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Postwar Legacy 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Gridlock 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Postwar Order 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining the Postwar Order: Hegemony versus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutions 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Effect of the Postwar Order: Self-Reinforcing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterdependence 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoads to Gridlock 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Security 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHANGES IN THE NATURE AND FORM OF SECURITY 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Interstate System 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Developments: From the UN to the Cold War 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Developments and Successes 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShifting Principles of Global Order 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-9\/11 Global Security 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGRIDLOCK: DYNAMICS OF INSTITUTIONAL DEFICIT AND MALFUNCTION 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe UN Security Council and the Disarmament Regime 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplex Intermestic Issues 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadigm Shift or Realist Status Quo? 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Economy 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Imperial System and Its Demise 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBretton Woods and the Creation of Multilateral Economic Institutions 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Reinforcing Interdependence and the End of Bretton Woods 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGRIDLOCK IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGridlock in Multilateral Trade Negotiations 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGridlock in Global Financial Governance 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Financial Governance Reform 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Reembedded Global Market? 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Environment 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Zanjera for the Globe? 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGLOBALIZATION OF THE COMMONS AND PARTIAL GLOBALIZATION OF THEIR MANAGEMENT 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrial Globalization and the Origins of Modern Environmental Governance 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Internationalization 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modern Environmental Movement 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Environmental “Bretton Woods”? The Stockholm Compromise and UNEP 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Successes, Lingering Challenges 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Foundational Moment? From Compromise to Gridlock at Rio 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eENVIRONMENTAL GRIDLOCK 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Reinforcing Interdependence and the Global Environment 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForests 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate Change 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Increasingly Linked Problems, Increasingly Fragmented Governance 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Beyond Gridlock? 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Self-Reinforcing Interdependence to Gridlock 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends toward Deepening Gridlock 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Trends and Gridlock 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Changed Global Landscape 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathways through Gridlock 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics beyond Gridlock 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 350\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404409545047,"sku":"9780745662398","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745662398.jpg?v=1730486381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gridlock-9780745662398","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}