Center for Women and Politics, Rutgers University
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/ Great starting point for finding academic information on Gender and the presidential elections. The 2012 project is aiming to increase female political participation. It includes: 2012 Women’s Election Tracker http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/site/pages/election_tracker.php which is following the progress of women through this election cycle – it has state by state statistics for women in Congress and state […]
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12
The latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings are now available for the 2011-12 academic year. Universities are ranked by 13 performance indicators, including Teaching, Research, Citations, Industry Income and International Outlook. California Institute of Technology is World No. 1, University of Oxford is European No. 1 (World No. 4), and University of Leicester is […]
EURYPEDIA – European Encyclopedia on National Education Systems
EURYPEDIA is an online encyclopedia with 5000+ articles summarising national education systems and lastest reforms across 38 European countries. You can search or browse the database by country and topic, and subscribe to an RSS news feed.
Graduates in the Labour Market 2012
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/graduates-in-the-labour-market/2012/graduates-in-the-labour-market.html The official data from the ONS show high rates of unemployment and unskilled work amongst recent graduates. Other sources of analysis on graduate employment trends: include Prospects. The labour market section of their website includes Graduate Market Trends http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/research_reports_graduate_market_trends.htm which has updates on overall patterns and those by region. It also produces the report […]
Cross-national income database
Luxembourg Income Database (LIS) http://www.lisdatacenter.org/ This data service includes household and person-level micro data on income, demography, employment, and expenditures from countries all over the world, many from 1968 onwards. Browse by country. Free registration required for access. The site also includes working papers. http://www.lisdatacenter.org/lis-wp-webapp/app/search-workingpapers These cover topics relating to income employment, poverty many based on […]
UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access, participation and progression from pre-primary to tertiary education. The Atlas features a wide range of sex-disaggregated data and gender indicators from the UNESCO Institute […]
US Census bureau historical voting publications
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections. Voting and Registration data has been collected biennially in the Current Population Survey since 1964. Data includes: Reported Voting and Registration by Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, and Age Groups: November 1964 to 2010. Also the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk collects and publishes the […]
UN Document Digitisation Project
The UN has created a web page http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/deplib/digitization_program.htm where you can find out about the progress of its document digitisation programme. In particular it is listing pre-1993 items which are being added to the UN ODS Official document system. http://ods.un.org/
United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
2000 onwards free online: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/app/mbssearch2.aspx Covering more than 200 nations worldwide, this service offers a quick snapshot of over 100 major economic and social indicators. Remember that access to the main UN series of data (United Nations sources) via their UNData website. Browse country files, see the full list of databases and get news on […]
European Foreign Policy Scorecard
http://ecfr.eu/scorecard/2012/ Published annually by European Council on Foreign Relations since 2010. It assesses Europe’s performance in pursuing its interests and promoting its values in the world. The 150 page report has separate chapters on policy towards China, Russia and USA. It includes analyses of the EU as a whole and the contribution of member states. […]
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