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Vogel David. National Styles of Regulation: Environmental Policy in Great Britain and the United States. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, Cornell Studies in Political Economy, 1986). 325 pp. Notes, index. index. $39.95, $12.95 (paper).

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The author wishes to thank the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, the Netherlands, for its intellectual and financial support during the preparation of this essay.

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