Glocalism
Glocalism …a new peer-reviewed, open-access and cross-disciplinary journal, published every four months by the association Globus et Locus. It aims to explore globalisation , localism, politics innovation and culture. It will have Twitter feeds and audio content. The Editorial committee includes Arjun Appadurai Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University; Zygmunt […]
World Giving Index
World Giving Index. Charities Aid Foundation launches latest annual report on charitable giving worldwide. They also manage the Future world giving website which provides free aces to articles which discuss charitable donations, philanthropy trends and motivations. Key issues is evidence on how policies implemented by governments around the world have helped or held back philanthropic […]
Women’s rights in the Arab world
Women’s rights in the Arab world. Thomson Reuters Foundation has published its third annual poll of gender experts, focusing on women’s rights in Arab League states. It used over 300 experts to review assess the extent to which states adhered to key provisions of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). […]
Social surveys
UK Data service variable and question bank. Contains a catalogue of questions asked by major British social surveys since the 1990s. Use to trace relevant surveys by topic. Access to the full surveys and their results may be limited to subscribers only. Centre for Comparative European Survey Data Questions used in major European social attitudes […]
OECD’s How’s Life?
The OECD has released How’s Life 2013 statistics which measure well being in OECD nations. These includes gender differences, the impact of the financial crisis and in the workplace.
Eurobarometer
The Special Eurobarometer on social climate …monitors perceptions of the economic situation of households, of the national economy and social protection in EU nations . It covers 15 areas, including personal financial situation, affordability of housing, health care provision, the way national governments address inequalities and poverty and the perceived changes to the cost of […]
Child Poverty
Through young eyes – three million children are living in poverty in the UK according to the Children’s Commission on Poverty survey published by the Children’s Society Also recently published: The Children’s Commissioner’s analysis of disabled children’s experiences of living in low income families. This study consisted of interviews with 79 young disabled people and […]
Street protests and their repression
International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K., Canada, Israel, Egypt, Argentina, South Africa, Kenya, and Hungary. The 35 page section on UK includes coverage of anti-terrorism measures and street protest.
Social mobility and child poverty
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission releases major report. This body aims to monitors the progress of government and others in improving social mobility and reducing child poverty in the United Kingdom. Its official website has press releases and papers. Politics live blog from the Guardian has some interesting rounds up of twitter […]
Population growth
Population Council develop new tool for assessing factors driving future population growth in a country. The decomposition service from Devinfo calculates the contributions of different demographic factors (wanted and un-wanted fertility, mortality, migration, and age structure) to population growth. It is based on the medium variant population projection of the United Nations from 2010 to […]
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