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		<title>The general elections in Germany: new lessons for New Labour?</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/the-general-elections-in-germany-new-lessons-for-new-labour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>juljan01</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentarian elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the general elections in Germany on Sunday last week are anything to go by, New Labour should brace themselves for the worst. After the disappointing results in 2005 that ousted Gerhard Schröder from power and forced Germany’s oldest political party, the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, or SPD, into a so-called ‘grand coalition’ under Angela Merkel, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=384&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>France, women and Islamic clothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamsine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[France is known for having an unhealthy relationship with its Muslim population. The 2004 act which banned signs of religious affiliation in schools can be seen as a law which asks Muslims to dress in a manner unacceptable to many of them, while leaving the Christian majority unscathed (crucifixes can be worn under school uniform [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=363&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tamsine</media:title>
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		<title>Social protest, political reform. Is Iran going to change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bofillaa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political movement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Revolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protesters have taken the streets of Iran ever since the last presidential elections of 12th June 2009. The turmoil started when the three opposition candidates accused the government of amending the election results, doubting that the not-so-popular incumbent candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could win two thirds of the votes –  63% of the total – [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=357&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The outdated views on family structure and lesbian families</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmcclusk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender and sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social sciences]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Brigette Sainsbury for being a winner in our recent IBSS blog competition! Brigette wrote an excellent blog entry on lesbian parent families.  In her blog she comments on society’s difficulties in accepting lesbian families who conceive through artificial insemination. Furthermore Brigette remarks on the impact this can have on the everyday life of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=339&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How does social class affect socialisation within the family?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamsine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Tess Pearce, one of our blog competition winners! Tess used IBSS to explore the effect of class on the socialisation of children, and how this influences them as they move into adulthood.
The family is one of the most vital factors for primary socialisation and secondary socialisation for children. Class socialisation refers to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=328&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mobilising computer models for policy</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/mobilising-computer-models-for-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human geography/environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diego de la Hoz, a winner of the IBSS blog competition, explores the use of computer models in public policy making in his entry below. Starting with the painful memories of the foot-and-mouth crisis, he leads us to innovative solutions for environmental policy. Computer modelling may not be at the heart of politics yet, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=315&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it hard for working-class women to cope in higher education?</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/is-it-hard-for-working-class-women-to-cope-in-higher-education/</link>
		<comments>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/is-it-hard-for-working-class-women-to-cope-in-higher-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibss2008</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender and sexuality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IBSS team would like to offer our congratulations to Katy Higgs, who was amongst the winners of our recent IBSS blog competition.  Her entry, posted below, concerned working-class women and their ability to integrate into the higher education system.  My own investigation into the subject using the IBSS database yielded 189 results from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=278&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBSS blog competition – winners announced!</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/ibss-blog-competition-%e2%80%93-winners-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/ibss-blog-competition-%e2%80%93-winners-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibss2008</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science week (9th-16th March), IBSS organised a blog writing competition to demonstrate how IBSS online could be used effectively in social science research.  Entrants were required to write a post for the IBSS blog on a topical social science issue, using background information available in the IBSS [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=293&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming and swimming pools</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/swimming-and-swimming-pools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamsine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sociology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently learnt about an exciting outdoor swimming pool I can try out in London. Not only is the London Fields Lido heated, but, at 50 metres, it is Olympic sized! With a bit of investigation, I learnt that the 1930s lido was closed for over 20 years before reopening in 2006, thanks to pressure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=235&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The incest taboo</title>
		<link>http://ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/the-incest-taboo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crime and punishment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josef Fritzl is currently on trial in Austria over the imprisonment and rape of his daughter. The case is grotesque, and because of this, I venture, also morbidly fascinating. It also brought back to The Times ‘most read’ section an article I was intrigued by over the summer – ‘I had sex with my brother [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibssblog.wordpress.com&blog=3117393&post=227&subd=ibssblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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