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The gender gap in voting can mainly be explained by income and differences in "feminist consciousness", according to Johannes Bergh. He has studied the importance of gender and gender relations in the political arena. In his dissertation, he compares change and development in modern democracies like Norway, the USA and The Netherlands.

Social services are undergoing important changes in European Member States. They adapt to demographic challenges and the need to improve quality and to become better targeted. Bernard Enjolras (ISF) is one of the contributors to a report on social and health services of general interest in the European Union.

Academically, 2007 proved a successful year for the Institute. The annual report shows that there where 65 ongoing research projects at the institute in 2007, and the publication rate was high.

The latest volume of Comparative Social Research traces demographic and societal changes, and analyzes in comparative perspective how they affect the contexts of childhood and the experience of being children.

EU policy-making and governance are likely to foster a post-national European civil society with multi-level citizenship participation, Bernard Enjolas writes in the latest issue of Citizenship studies.

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