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Happiness Index Survey 2006 : Annual Report, Lok Sang Ho, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
Happiness Index Survey 2006 : Annual Report, Lok Sang Ho, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
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A Survey Report On Happiness Index And Determinants Of Happiness In Hong Kong, Lok Sang Ho, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
A Survey Report On Happiness Index And Determinants Of Happiness In Hong Kong, Lok Sang Ho, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
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Facing Reality : Pernicious Obstacles To Collective Action On Climate Change, Paul G. Harris
Facing Reality : Pernicious Obstacles To Collective Action On Climate Change, Paul G. Harris
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The international climate regime, primarily designed to limit the emissions of pollutants causing global warming, has failed. Why has international cooperation to combat global warming been so difficult, and what factors must change to improve the situation—assuming it is even possible? Using Mancur Olson’s classical theory of collective action, this essay endeavors to explain the failure of the climate regime. Other international environmental agreements and the associated regimes, such as the Mediterranean Action Plan and the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion, demonstrate that collective action to address international environmental problems is possible. Both agreements contain the ingredients that classical theory—that …