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Environment and Politics

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Environment and Politics at University of York

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: physical science, environment
University website: www.york.ac.uk
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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Politics
Politics (from Greek: πολιτικά, translit. Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
Politics
Money and generous benefits can easily alter a person’s political outlook. Ideology follows the money.
L.K. Samuels, In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, Cobden Press (2013) p. 301.
Politics
Who is the dark horse he has in his stable?
William Makepeace Thackeray, Adventures of Philip.
Politics
Here the two great interests IMPERIUM ET LIBERTAS, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.
Sir Winston Churchill (1620–1688) Divi Britannici, p. 849. (1675).
While near-surface disposal of short-lived nuclear waste has reached industrial maturity, deep geological disposal of long-lived spent fuel is not yet as far. An EU-funded initiative brought together regulators and technical safety organisations (TSOs) to develop a network of independent experts and evaluate deep geological repositories.
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