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 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 efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it most.

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 relation but also to a wider general readership.

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 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 efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it most.

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 relation but also to a wider general readership.

"Exercise Physiology: A Thematic Approach" introduces students with little or no background in human biology to the fundamentals of the physiological processes involved in sports performance. Its central theme is the physiological explanation of maximal oxygen uptake, one of the key concepts in sport and exercise physiology courses. clearly written to provide a logical, linear development of the key concepts. maximises the use of student's practical laboratory experiences. includes numerous sporting examples to which students can relate. excellent pedagogy including learning objectives, problems, objective tests and a glossary of terms and symbols.

Written by an author with many years teaching and research experience, "Exercise Physiology: A" "Thematic Approach" will prove invaluable for students of sports science and physical education t aking courses in exercise physiology, respiratory and cardiovascular physiology, and physiological foundations of coaching science.

This is the first title to appear in a new series - "Wiley SportTexts." It aims to provide textbooks covering the key disciplines within the academic study of sport. The series adopts a student-centred, interactive, problem-solving approach with the students' immediate practical experience as the starting point. The first group of titles will be aimed at first and second year courses; subsequent books will appeal to final year and postgraduate students.

Series Editors: Professor Tudor Hale, "University College, Chichester," "UK," Dr Jim Parry, "University of Leeds, UK" and Professor Roger Bartlett, "Sheffield Hallam University, UK."

A history of early Tennessee, with narrative and stories on individuals, the Lost State of Franklin, territorial matters, native americans, tribes, and daily life. A classic. The story of the development of the early colonies of Tennessee with chapters on Old Fort Loudoun, Watauga Assoc. John Sevier, the State of franklin, settling of Middle Tennessee, Cumberland Settlement, Stone's River, Nickojack Expedition, religious sentiments, mound builders or stone grave race, King's Mountain as well as much on the daily life of the settlers. Paperback, (1899), 2012, vi + 183 pp.

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School Libraryocm13223737Nashville, Tenn.: E. Jones, 1890. vii, 41 p.; 18 cm.