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USR cover [temp]:Layout 1 20/10/10 19:08 Page 5UNESCOPublishingUnited NationsEducational, Scientific andCultural Organization5Over the past twenty years social sciences have become global. They are taughtalmost everywhere. Their research results are now widely disseminated. Socialscience expertise is in high demand by policy-makers, media and the public, andsocial science concepts and theories influence public opinion and debate morethan ever before. However the ‘knowledge divides’ that characterize much ofcurrent social science’s production, access and use threaten the role of socialscience expertise and undermine the capacity of policy-makers and civil societyto address current challenges.Worldwide poverty, inequality and climate change are among the current majorchallenges to which social sciences should contribute a response. More andbetter social science is vital. 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