Anti-racism sites
Measuring anti-Muslim Attacks Project, (MAMA Project): http://tellmamauk.org/ Faith Matters, a not for profit organisation founded in 2005 which works to reduce extremism and interfaith and intra-faith tensions: http://faith-matters.org/ Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading race equality think-tank: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/ Institute of Race Relations. The IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform […]
EUScreen
Free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today. http://www.euscreen.eu/
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
We now have access to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Over 4,000 articles from leading authors in your field. Have a look at the encyclopedia here: http://ezproxy.lib.le.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080430768 Or you will find the encyclopedia by searching the library catalogue.
Research from South Asia
http://www.esocialsciences.com/blog/index.asp A social sciences portal produced by south Asian scholars to promote research from India and the South Asian continent. Free registration required to access some aspects. Include links to events, working papers, and a good starting point for finding materials. Other useful sites relating to India include: Vidyanidhi, E-scholarship portal and Digital library which […]
LSE briefing papers
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/research/london/events/HEIF/HEIF4b_10-11%20-newlondonenv/briefs/home.aspx A series of 5 briefing papers written by academic staff of the London School of Economics which was funded by the HEIF4- to provide guidance to practitioners and policy makers on recent economic and political trends in London. They comprise: The economic recession: why London escaped lightly, Ian Gordon; Poverty and Inequality in London: […]
International Labour Organisation publications
Resource guides produced by the ILO Library in Geneva provide guidance and direct links to key documents statistics and websites. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/guide.htm Topics covered include child labour, disability, gender equality, microfinance and the informal economy. The ILO also has a number of other excellent free sites for those interested in work related issues. These include the ILO […]
Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) has released the latest data on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a devinfo book http://www.devinfo.info/mdginfo2011/ This makes it easier for users to select indicators and areas to create their own graphs. The official MDG website has definitions of the goals and further maps http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx Progress reports can also be […]
British Social Attitudes survey released
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/study/british-social-attitudes-28th-report Major social attitudes study released on the net by National Centre for Social Research. Conducted annually since 1983. This year’s report covers the following themes: Political engagement, Devolution, Private education, School choice, Higher education, Environment, Transport, Housing, NHS, Childhood, Child poverty, Religion full text online . http://ir2.flife.de/data/natcen-social-research/igb_html/index.php?bericht_id=1000001&index=&lang=ENG Earlier results (summaries) from 2009 can also […]
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/monitoring-poverty-2011 This annual report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute uses 50 indicators to consider levels of poverty in the UK. This year it also considers the impact of coalition policies. Topics covered include: child poverty, poverty in old age, the unemployed and poverty, housing, fuel poverty and household debt. […]
The Riots Communities and Victims Panel: Interim report
Following the riots that occurred in towns and cities across England between 6 and 10 August 2011, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition established the Riots Communities and Victims Panel. You can read the interim report of the panel at http://www.5daysinaugust.co.uk/ Other useful sites on this topic include: London Recovers […]
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