Understanding Society Findings 2012
http://research.understandingsociety.org.uk/findings/findings-2012 Understanding Society contains headline findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. This offers data on 14 topic areas using results from approximately 100,000 individuals in 40,000 households, as well as young people aged 10-15. Topics include social support networks, housework and gender, risky behaviours of 10-15 year olds, population diversity, employment and racial discrimination, immigrants […]
Year in Hate and Extremism 2011
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sobering reading on the extent of racism and extremism (both left and right wing in USA). The website also has an online map of active US hate groups http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
Britain’s 50 New Radicals
The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists. View the full list by location. Each entry has a profile and link to website. http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals
Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters
The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters is a project by Harvard University to collect, preserve and make available the digital records of the Japan’s disasters to assist scholarly research.
Oral History of the Runnymede Trust 1968-1988
Runnymede is the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank. The Oral History of Runnymede website tracks the history of race relations in Britain including an archive of research and audio interviews. Follow @RunnymedeTrust on Twitter at https://twitter.com/runnymedetrust
UKREN: UK Race and Europe Network
The UK Race and Europe Network is a national network of UK non-governmental organisations interested in combating racism in Europe. UKREN works to keep UK NGOs interested in race equality informed of the latest European developments in policy and current affairs in the fields of racism and discrimination. UKREN acts as the official UK coordination of […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Economics Foundation
http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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