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Our first “IVF baby”: Israel and Canada’s press coverage of procreative technology
Daphna Birenbaum‐Carmeli, Yoram S. Carmeli, Rina CohenProvides a comparison of the press coverage of the introduction of IVF in different contexts, giving a vantage point for examining the variability and the context‐dependence of…
Identifying g: the current role of intelligence
Gordon E. Taub, B. Grant HayesProvides a brief description of Spearman’s g which has become the cornerstone for most theories of intelligence and highlights the social, scientific and political controversy in…
New Labour and the restructuring of welfare – what’s in it for women?
Gill Scott, Usha BrownConsiders the rise of welfare issues to the top of the political agenda and the place of feminist criticsm on this subject. Re‐evaluates the needs of women in light of their…
Disaster management and social development
G. Stanley Jaya KumarConsiders the nature of disaster and its impact on large urban areas. Looks at the ways countries can provide relief in such events. Covers drought, floods, cyclones and…
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- Prof Colin Williams