Public Lands and Private Rights: The Failure of Scientific ManagementOne of the leading experts on public lands and land rights issues, Robert H. Nelson here brings together a collection of his finest essays. Nelson demonstrates that the 'progressive' goal of achieving scientific management of public lands has not been realized; instead, public land management has been dominated by interest group politics and ideology. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Introduction | 41 |
Scientific Management on | 91 |
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Public Lands and Private Rights: The Failure of Scientific Management Robert Henry Nelson Limited preview - 1995 |
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