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He is the author of Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politicsand co-editor of Managing Leviathan: Environmental Politics and the Administrative State(in press). He is a founding editor of Alternatives: Perspectives on Society, Technology and Environment.
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Paehlke, R. The criteria of net benefit. Society 27, 13–14 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695446
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