Major changes in European public opinion towards the EU since 1973
Great reference work just published by the European Parliament . The 68 page report uses data from the Eurobarometer reports which survey citizen viewpoints from the EU member nations. A timeline allows trends to be charted. These include responses in relation to the financial crisis. Topics covered include levels of trust in specific EU institutions […]
Mentions of Trident on Historical Hansard
Blog post on the Talking Humanities blog analyses the use of the word Trident in parliamentary debate: https://talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2016/05/24/in-search-of-trident-in-historical-hansard/
International Political Science Association launch a MOOC
Coming soon a range of free politics and International relations courses from this specialist professional society The blog describes how they aim to form a core introductory curriculum. In the UK a major service with content from the British Library and other major universities is FutureLearn Also well regarded are courseera
World refugee day 2016
Find out why we need to support refugees by consulting the UNHCR Global Trends report 2015. More than 65.3 million people were displaced in 2015 These charts from UN Dispatch clearly show the gravity of the situation and recent trends.
The British press made a battle out of the miners’ strike
Analysis from The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/war-on-the-picket-line-how-the-british-press-made-a-battle-out-of-the-miners-strike-60470
Labour Together
Find out more about this new political grouping launched this week by members of the Labour Party to unify and renew the party. See the official website and Twitter account for details of activities. See the explanation in the New Statesman and commentary from LabourList grassroots supporters.
EU referendum
View Demos visual mapping of the Brexit Twitterosphere for a stunning visual examination of key players and networks. Find out which three women were key players during the first week of May!
How Facebook news presents different realities
A new tool created by the Wall Street Journal Blue Feed Red Feed allows users to examine how different news sources cover political topics. See the Nieman reports. To consider how this source can raise questions about whether the Facebook mechanism of likes and friends manipulates what news ‘or facts’ that readers really see. View […]
Chilean political songs
For political songs try this recently released Spanish archive. Cantos Cautivos: Online Archive of Songs of Political Captivity in Pinochet’s Chile 1973–1990
The Anti-Corruption Summit
The Anti-Corruption Summit has taken place in London. The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform. It includes a collection of essays discussing corruption. plus the new UK government plans to oppose corruption and to govern access to data. For comment see: the Transparency International website. the Anti-corruption manifesto issued by NGOs and Transparency […]
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