INTRODUCTION Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba, Limnanthaceae) was domesticated and commercialized in Oregon under a series of circumstances that allowed local grower participation before the first commercial sale of product. Growers had the opportunity to organize and to transfer skills, knowledge, and germplasm (Fletcher 2002) from Oregon State University (OSU) to their farms. They also had the opp...

The time is ripe for innovation in global health governance if we are to achieve global health and development objectives in the face of formidable challenges. Integration of global health concerns into the law and governance of other, related disciplines should be given high priority. This article explores opportunities for health policymaking in the global response to climate change. Climate ...

Since the 1990s, there have been growing discussions of internet activism and how new media have been used effectively by a variety of political movements (Best and Kellner, 2001; Couldry and Curran, 2003). The early adoption and successful use of the internet in the early 1990s by the indigenous EZLN Zapatista movement in the Chiapas region of Mexico quickly dramatized how new media and grass ...

Introduction: presentation sequence / structure Preamble: meta-themes ("about" responding to the challenge) Part A: -Contemporary "myths" governing the relationships of governance and civil society? (Fig. 1) -Civilizing governance vs Governance of civilization? -Potential response conventionally presented : "Thinking" and "Doing" (Fig. 2) Part B: -Challenge of governance: metaphorical impoveris...

The following is a summary of governance developments over the past year in select global capital markets. Included in the review are interviews with good governance advocates and observers detailing the impact of recent regulatory changes and governance trends in Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Turkey. A review of governance developments in major capital markets including the United Kingdom, Canad...

As you are aware, the year 2008 has started off with the continuation of some of the challenges that resulted in significant disturbances in world financial markets: the impact of the sub prime market turmoil which originated in the US is still spreading across Europe and other financial markets; the Northern Rock crisis in the U.K. has raised serious regulatory issues; and the large frauds in ...