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Small Arms Data Observatory (SADO) launched A new website launched by an international consortium of researchers which will focus upon quantitative data . Many researchers are based at Joan B. Kroc School for Peace Studies at the University of San Diego and there will be a focus initially on North America, Central America and South America. […]
Electoral Integrity
Electoral Integrity Project An independent international project headed by University of Sydney and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Its annual report The Year in Elections 2013, assessing the risks of flawed and failed elections worldwide. It provides a ranking of the integrity of elections that took place in the last 12 months. […]
Elections
Those interested in elections might like the:Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project (MRG/CMP) Database a quantitative database maintained by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung which measures attitudes expressed by parties in elections since 1945 in over 50 countries. These are coded from policy documents and manifestos. You can browse by nation or by party. For some countries data is […]
European Elections
L’histoire des élections européennes (1952-2014) If you are interested in the history of the European Parliament, CVCE has compiled a selection of resources (explanatory texts, photos and graphics) and oral accounts (mainly French language) on the European Parliament from its establishment in 1952 to the present day. There is a particularly good section on the move towards […]
Radio Times Archive
Radio Times Archive Free access to all pre war editions from 1936-1938. These are fascinating for social historians as they include all the original TV listings. The site also has a history of the publication. From the week commencing Nov 13th 1936 some highlights of coverage are: Inn Signs Through The Ages; London Characters – GYPSY PETULENGRO Interviewed by […]
Embedded
Embedded! Archaeologists and Anthropologists in Modern Landscapes of Conflict Interesting webcasts from a conference held as part of the Engaged Scholarship Workshops organized by Brown University’s Middle East Studies. The presentations consider how social scientists working in conflict war zones have interacted with the military. It covers the use of military technology, social relations, ethics and research […]
UK Government’s Tweets
National Archives to capture tweets and social media created by the UK government Their website has a direct link to the Twitter archive and a YouTube archive According to the official press release the following rules have been applied. Where tweets contain a link to web content that is included in the UK Government Web Archive users can expect […]
Social Media and Sexism
This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter. You can read the full text on the website. Some interesting key findings include: of over 100,000 Tweets mentioning ‘rape’ between 26th December 2013 and 9th February 2014, more than 1 in 10 appeared to be threatening in nature. A high proportion […]
The Public Voice of Women
The Public Voice of Women Read the transcript or listen to the podcast of the London Review of Books lecture by academic Mary Beard delivered in March 2014. It considers the suppression of women’s voices in western cultural history. For a consideration of women’s voices in journalism and the media look at the Expert Women campaign from Broadcast. The […]
History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain
Forward to Freedom: The History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain 1959-1994. This great new website funded by the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund provides free access to a wealth of resources. These include: a history of the campaign and boycotts, oral history accounts from activists and original documents. […]
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