International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 20 Issue 7

Subjects:

Table of contents

Our first “IVF baby”: Israel and Canada’s press coverage of procreative technology

Daphna Birenbaum‐Carmeli, Yoram S. Carmeli, Rina Cohen

Provides 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 Hayes

Provides 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…

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New Labour and the restructuring of welfare – what’s in it for women?

Gill Scott, Usha Brown

Considers 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 Kumar

Considers 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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Cover of International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

ISSN:

0144-333X

Online date, start – end:

1981

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Colin Williams