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1 online resource |
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International Journal of Social Economics ; v. 32 |
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International Journal of Social Economics
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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; The "advantage of latecomer" in abating air-pollution: the East Asian experience; A paradigm of Islamic money and banking; Are political principles stable?; Cultural lag: a relevant framework for social justice; Economics and religion; Book review |
| Summary |
During its period of high-speed economic growth, Japan suffered from "distortion ofeconomic growth", as witnessed by various kinds of industrial pollution. This problem, however, was, for the most part, successfully remedied by means of abatementmeasures from the early 1970s onwards. Many East Asian countries havesubsequently recorded "miraculous" economic success by adopting developmentpolicy similar to that employed in Japan, policy that has come to be associated with aheavy impact on the natural environment, as in Japan. "No other region has as many heavily polluted cities, and its rivers an |
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Economics.
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Social sciences.
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economics.
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social sciences.
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Economics
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Social sciences
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1845442563 |
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9781845442569 |
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