The Context of Environmental Politics : Unfinished Business for America's Third Century /

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Now familiar to all is the cry that present rates of pollution, ecological disruption, and depletion of resources are leading inevitably to worldwide disaster. A multitude of immediate needs, however, compete for the staggering sums required to save the environment, and the reduction of consumption...

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Main Authors: Sprout, Harold, 1901-1980 (Author), Sprout, Margaret, 1903-2004 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1978.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Environmental protection > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Now familiar to all is the cry that present rates of pollution, ecological disruption, and depletion of resources are leading inevitably to worldwide disaster. A multitude of immediate needs, however, compete for the staggering sums required to save the environment, and the reduction of consumption which must accompany such expenditures holds little popular appeal. The decisions, therefore, must ultimately be political ones -- but what choices are governments to make?Here is the essence of what Professors Harold and Margaret Sprout term ""the statesmen's dilemma."" These noted scholars examine.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813164519

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