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environmental issues have increasingly been incorporated into liberal democratic thought and political practice

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Global Resource Scarcity Econmics environmental issues have increasingly beenA common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experience of scarcity to promote cooperation in international relations and diplomacy beyond the traditional bounds of the interests of competitive nation states. The