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THE SUSTAINABLE NATION: POLITICS, ECONOMY AND JUSTICE

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ADVANCES IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Previously ADVANCES IN ECOPOLITICS

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ADVANCES IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE VOLUME 21

THE SUSTAINABLE NATION: POLITICS, ECONOMY AND JUSTICE

BY

LIAM LEONARD

California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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ISSN: 2051-5030 (Series)

Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank all of the staff at Emerald Publishing for their assistance with this and all the volumes in the Ecopolitics and Sustainable Justice series. In addition, he wishes to thank all contributors, editors and reviewers who have made the series a success over the last decade. Finally, he wishes to thank his family for their support, and in particular Janice Harter for her encouragement.