Capturing change in European food assistance practices: a transformative social innovation perspective

The food system’s decreasing ability to deliver food security has led to the emergence of food assistance initiatives. Food assistance is highly contested; as some argue, it is a “failure of the state”, while others regard food assistance to be an “extension of the welfare state”. Either way, research suggests that actors within food assistance are rethinking their role in the food system. In this paper, we study three food assistance initiatives, in the Netherlands, Italy and Ireland, that perform new food assistance practices while embedded in specific institutional contexts, and analyse their potential to transform the food system, drawing on Transformative Social Innovation theory. Building on transition and social innovation theory, this recently developed theory distinguishes different levels within systems, named “shades of change”, that are associated with societal transformation. By exploring these “shades” of change in the analysis, we describe aspects of the initiatives’ novel practices, and in relation to the initiative and institutional relations their motivations and expectations. We compare the three cases and discuss how food assistance practices relate to and change (or do not change) the food system. In particular, we elaborate on how these three food assistance initiatives contribute in various ways to local food and welfare system innovation. In doing so, we offer a novel perspective on food assistance initiatives. We argue that they show dynamics that have the potential for more substantial transformation towards food security over time, by building momentum through “small wins”.     

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对高校辅导员工作的几点思考

高校辅导员是一支特殊的队伍,有效的辅导员工作是培养学生健全人格、良好个性、优秀品格、进取精神和创新意识的重要保证.因此,在高职高专院校办学思想的指导下,在为学生和学的办学目标的服务过程中,“亲和力“在辅导员工作中起到极为重要的作用.     

DISCUSSION ON REGION RESOURCE ADVANTAGE OF THE WEST CHINA AND APPROACHES OF ITS INDUSTRIALIZATION DEVELOPMENT

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开放式创新模式的出现对企业新产品开发（NPD）过程中模糊前端（FFE）创新活动带来重要影响。本文在对模糊前端、开放式创新以及知识共享等现有研究进行文献综述的基础上,重点对四个经典FFE模型的典型特征、共性与差异、优点与不足进行了系统分析,进而从开放式创新与知识共享的视角,探索并构建提出了FFE的开放式模型。并对该模型的五个重要环节、关键概念及其相互关系进行了界定说明与分析评价,既融入经典模型的深厚积淀,又弥补了传统模型在开放性与知识共享等方面的不足。为解决企业在开放式创新环境下新产品开发FFE阶段面临的新问题提供了很好的理论框架与方法支撑。     

有机锡通过核受体干扰内分泌的研究进展

有机锡能够作为视黄酸x受体（Retinoid X receptor,RXR）和与过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ（Peroxisome proliferator—activated receptor γ,PPARγ）的激动剂,对RXR激活可能和引起螺类性畸变有关。有机锡还可能通过激活RXR／PPARγ异源二聚体促进脊椎动物脂肪分化和影响脂质代谢平衡。     

沙漠治理新途径新方法

中国是受土地沙漠化严重危害的国家之一,目前中国土地沙漠化仍然呈增加趋势。本文在对当前中国沙漠治理中存在的问题进行论述的基础上,提出沙漠治理的新途径、新方法,并加以阐述。     

Political commitment to CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> capture and storage: evidence from government RD&;D budgets

For CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) to succeed as a mitigation strategy, political commitment is one of several prerequisites. This article offers an appraisal of political commitment to a CCS strategy among high-income countries in Europe and North America: Which governments are committed, and what particular interests and concerns do they seek to accommodate by supporting CCS? In order to answer these questions, new data are reported on government CCS research, development and demonstration (RD&;D) budgets. RD&;D budgets divided by GDP is used as an indicator of political commitment, and explanations are sought for cross-national differences. The analysis shows that fossil fuels reserves and extraction within a country has a very strong bearing on funding levels. Likely explanations include the potential for combining CCS with enhanced resource recovery. All large economies (population >50 million) have a funding program. The smaller states that provide funding (Norway, Canada, the Netherlands) have the highest funding levels relative to GDP. These findings suggest that high-income petroleum producing countries are likely to be leaders in promoting CCS and a favorable regulatory environment. The fact that all large, high-income countries in the two regions now display some interest in CCS further improves its political outlook.     

区域生态产业链构建优劣势条件与途径分析——-以东莞市为例

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