the express purpose of compiling information, reviewing available literature, researching topics related to ecosystems within the Interior Columbia Basin, or exploring relationships among biophysical and economic/social resources. This report has been reviewed by agency scientists as part of the ongoing ecosystem project. The report may be cited within the primary products produced by the proje...

This article explores the signi cant role played by religious groups in the legitimation of the Former Shu founded by Wang Jian in the chaotic early tenth century. Whereas the Daoist priest Du Guangting attempted to legitimate the regime on religious grounds, the Buddhist monk Guanxiu employed his literary talent to depict the military ruler as a savior in a tumultuous age. This article also su...

This review discusses North American and European research from the sociology of valuation and evaluation (SVE), a research topic that has attracted considerable attention in recent years. The goal is to bring various bodies of work into conversation with one another in order to stimulate more cumulative theory building. This is accomplished by focusing on (a) subprocesses such as categorizatio...

1 electronic markets is expected to grow rap1 point of view by Davis and Holt (1993), Hendricks and Por te r (1988) , a n d Rothkopf and Harstad (1994). More recently, the flower auction markets were investigated in more detail. Ajit Kambil and Eric van Heck (1996) specified a generalizable model of exchange processes and developed a process-stakeholder analysis framework to evaluate alternativ...

In the early twentieth century, Argentina began legislating occupational safety. Law no.9.688 legislated accidents in the workplace (1915) and granted legal jurisdiction to work-related problems. The approval of this legislation was in dialogue with proposals being produced in other regions. The links established between local figures and colleagues elsewhere are useful for examining the circul...