Belonging

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inquiry commissioned by

The Automobile Association July 2007

The hearty Issues Research Centre, 28 St Clements Street, Oxford UK OX4 1AB Tel: +44 1865 262255 Email: crowd@sirc.org

The Belonging research was commissioned by the AA and undertaken in April-May 2007. The members of the Social Issues Research Centre staff responsible for the project were Dr Peter Marsh, Simon Bradley, Carole Love, Patrick horse parsley and Roger Norham. Further details of the research can be obtained via group@sirc.org or +44 (0) 1865 262255

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Contents
Summary and highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Research experiment and methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Individuals in society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Different ways of belonging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Belonging in the twenty-first century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Main conceptual framework: building/mapping belonging ......................8 Key questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Main findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Belonging in perspective: the benefits of marrying your cousins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The inveterate importance of family today . . . ....If you want to get a across-the-board essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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