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April 30, 2012

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April 27, 2012

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April 20, 2012

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Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families

Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families

No matter what type of market organization or operation we observed or how good or bad the quality of the local product being sold, we found that relationships and transactions in methamphetamine markets were always personal.

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Campaign for Social Science: Promoting the Social Sciences to the Public, Media, and Parliament

Campaign for Social Science: Promoting the Social Sciences to the Public, Media, and Parliament

In January 2011, the Campaign for Social Science was launched in the House of Lords. One year on Cary Cooper, Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, spoke to socialsciencespace about the first year of the campaign and its plans for the future.

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My Social Science Career: Interview with Steve Duck

My Social Science Career: Interview with Steve Duck

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Steve Duck, Professor of Communication Studies and Daniel and Amy Starch Research Chair, University of Iowa, spoke to socialsciencespace.

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Weekly Overview of Social Science News

Weekly Overview of Social Science News

Overcoming physics envy from the New York Times, How belief is the key to dealing with climate change skepticism from the Guardian, and much more in this big edition of Social Science News.

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Adding People to the Climate Change Equation

Adding People to the Climate Change Equation

People’s behavior has been noticeably absent in science on sustainability, but a conference before June’s U.N. summit offers some hint human processes may join natural ones in developing solutions.

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Research Integrity in the UK – the Spawn of Satan?

Research Integrity in the UK – the Spawn of Satan?

A document drops into my inbox that purports to be a draft Concordat between the major UK funders and university managements on research integrity – a publication that has already been set for July 2012, but someone belatedly thought that it might be a good idea to get disciplinary associations on board.

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Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

In a culture where one’s identity is maintained through kinship networks and where the Confucian ideal of filial piety continues to structure family relations and everyday life, marriage is a very big deal.

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Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.

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