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      Society Now - Issue 7 - Summer 2010



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      • First aid or lasting aid
        Aid for poor countries is under threat from the global recession - but is long-term aid an effective support for economic development?
      • People moves
        Populations change as people are moving around more than ever, making research on population trends vital
      • Fairly paid aid
        Research has led to a global task force promoting equity for aid workers in developing countries
      • Developing dad
        No longer just breadwinners: the role of father is undergoing radical change
      • Putting it bluntly
        We are just as polite as our ancestors - but our sense of propriety is challenged by the modern trend for 'straight talk'
      • Voices: Election man
        Professor Paul Whiteley, Co-Director of the British Election Study, talks about voting decline, the end of class politics and how governments can make us happy

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