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Author Ophuls, William, 1934-

Title Ecology and the politics of scarcity revisited : the unraveling of the American dream / William Ophuls, A. Stephen Boyan, Jr. ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.

Imprint New York : W.H. Freeman, c1992.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.72 Op2e 1992    ---  Available
Description xix, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-366) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Ecological scarcity and the limits to growth -- ch. 1. Science of ecology -- ch. 2. Population, food, mineral resources, and energy -- ch. 3. Deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, pollution, the management of technology, and an overview of ecological scarcity -- pt. 2. Dilemmas of scarcity -- ch. 4. Politics of scarcity -- ch. 5. American political economy I: ecology plus economics equals politics -- ch. 6. American political economy II: the non-politics of laissez faire -- ch. 7. Ecological scarcity and international politics -- pt. 3. Learning to live with scarcity -- ch. 8. Toward a politics of the steady state.
Subject Environmental policy.
Environmental protection.
Added Author Boyan, A. Stephen, 1938-
ISBN 0716723131 : $14.95
9780716723134

 
    
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