LGBT tolerance
Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues. This week the US government housing agency HUD released its first survey on housing discrimination against same-sex couples in metropolitan rental markets via advertisements on the Internet. Also useful on this, […]
BACH and ESD
http://www.bachesd.banque-france.fr/?lang=en Bank of Company Accounts Harmonised (BACH) and European Sectoral references Database hosted by Banque de France. The BACH project was launched in 1985 by the General Directorate for General Economic and Financial Affairs (DGEcFin) of the European Commission. The BACH database contains information on the financial statements of different sized companies in nine countries […]
Reith Lectures 2012: Arab Spring
Keynote annual lecture series sponsored by the BBC. This year the economic historian Professor Niall Ferguson presented the 2012 BBC Reith Lectures, entitled The Rule of Law and Its Enemies. 4 programmes covered aspects including the Arab spring. Podcasts can be downloaded from the website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/reith The main web site also has transcripts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jmxsk There […]
New labour standards database from ILO
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/ NORMEX information System on International Labour Standards. Includes conventions, protocols and recommendations relating to international labour law. Get text ratifications by country. The site also offers links to NATLEX national labour legislation for hundreds of nations worldwide. http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home
US election sites
Pew Forum on Religion and Public life now has a site with news and comment on the role of religion in the 2012 presidential election: http://projects.pewforum.org/rp2012/ Who’s donating to super PACs? Part of the Money and Politics data center from California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting: http://californiawatch.org/data/see-whos-donating-super-pacs
Countries at the Crossroads 2011
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=702 Access the full text of this report from Freedom House. It analyses democratic governance in 35 nations it regards as being at a crossroads in the road to full democracy. These include a number of nations affected by the Arab spring. Topics covered include civil liberties, corruption and the rule of law. Other similar […]
The riots of summer 2011: Seminar organized by the Campaign for Social Science
http://www.socialsciencespace.com/2011/10/the-riots-of-summer-2011-seminar-organised-by-the-campaign-for-social-science/ Access the presentations from an event which took place at Gresham College, London on 13th October 2011. Podcast available soon. The presentations cover 3 main themes: How did we come to this? Is Britain “broken”? Were the rioters “just criminals”? It also has some useful suggestions for further reading. Including links to articles and reports […]
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Search-the-Digital-Archives.aspx An open access archive that includes more than 200,000 pages, 300 reels of audio tape, 300 museum artifacts, 72 movie reels, and 1,500 photos. They include materials relating to his assassination, and Cuba Bay of Pigs incident. The latter includes documents and contemporary telephone recordings.
Pew Internet and American Life
http://www.pewinternet.org/ A project which provides free access to reports and surveys on the impact of the Internet, Web 2.0 and associated technology on American life.
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