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Dominant Paradigm
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Alternative Environmental
Paradigm
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Core values
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Material (economic growth)
Natural environment
Valued as a resource
Domination over nature
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Non material (self-actualisation)
Natural environment
Intrinsically valued
Harmony with nature
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Economy
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Market forces
Risk and reward
Differentials
Individual self-help
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Public interest
Safety
Egalitarian
Collective social provision
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Policy
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Authoritative structures:
Experts influential
Hierarchical
Law and order
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Participative structures:
Citizen/worker involvement
Non-hierarchical
Liberation
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Society
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Centralised
Large scale
Associational
Ordered
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Decentralised
Small-scale
Communal
Flexible
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Nature
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Ample reserves
Nature hostile/neutral
Environment controllable
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Earth's resources limited
Nature benign
Nature delicately balanced
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Knowlede
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Confidence in science technology
Rationality of means
Separation of fact/value,thought/feeling
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Limits to science & technology
Rationality of ends
Integration of fact/value, thought/feeling
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