Ecological Optimism in the Social Sciences: The Question of Limits to Growth.

Luten, Daniel B.

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ERIC Number: EJ231122

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Publication Date: 1980

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Ecological Optimism in the Social Sciences: The Question of Limits to Growth.

Luten, Daniel B.

American Behavioral Scientist, v24 n1 p125-51 Sep-Oct 1980

Reviews various social science models of man designed to explain the issue of limits to growth for human societies. Presents arguments often advanced by proponents of pessimistic and optimistic schools of thought regarding whether society will be successfully able to deal with the limits to growth controversy. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Models, Population Growth, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Problems, Social Science Research, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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