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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2009

Lyle Scruggs
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University of Connecticut
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The seed for this book was planted in 1993 while I was working as a research assistant for Margaret McKean at Duke University. What was initially envisaged as a large-scale collaborative project on cross-national energy policy was narrowed into a dissertation investigating correlates of environmental performance among the advanced industrial democracies. When I arrived at the University of Connecticut in 1998, I put the just completed dissertation on a bookshelf and turned my attention to some other ideas. This was done on the advice of some senior colleagues, who suggested that the break would do me good. It was useful advice. Although I did look anxiously at the binder on my bookshelf a few times in the ensuing twelve months, the time off was refreshing. Ultimately, I think it has made the book a better one.

Meg McKean provided great encouragement and helpful criticism (and copious comments) throughout this project, particularly as it developed as my doctoral dissertation. I have not given (and probably cannot give) her enough credit. Others were also kind enough to read and comment on various aspects of the project along the way. David Vogel read a very early version of the manuscript. His comments provided great encouragement. Michael Skou Andersen, Pete Andrews, Peter Munk Christiansen, Robert Keohane, Michael Munger, Sonja Walti, and Albert Weale have all provided very intelligent and helpful advice.

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Sustaining Abundance
Environmental Performance in Industrial Democracies
, pp. xiii - xiv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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  • Preface
  • Lyle Scruggs, University of Connecticut
  • Book: Sustaining Abundance
  • Online publication: 07 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615689.001
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  • Preface
  • Lyle Scruggs, University of Connecticut
  • Book: Sustaining Abundance
  • Online publication: 07 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615689.001
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  • Preface
  • Lyle Scruggs, University of Connecticut
  • Book: Sustaining Abundance
  • Online publication: 07 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615689.001
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