Same-sex marriage: UK
News relating to the recent British Debates Try the UK parliament which contains details of the debate. Politics Live also has coverage of the debate There are some comments on the main political party websites UKIP; Labour and some discussion from conservative party members on Conservative blogs and Libdem blogs as well as the Libdem Lgbt group […]
Same-sex marriage: France
On-going discussion of same-sex marriage in the UK parliament and in France Read the full text of the relevant French law and details of the process in parliament from the main French government portal IFPOP has some polls on recent public opinion Links to the main campaigning groups where you can find images of protests and comment: […]
Islamophobia Studies Journal
Islamophobia Studies Journal is a new a bi-annual peer reviewed academic periodical published by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, UC Berkeley, which aims to publish articles and book reviews relating to all aspects of Islamophobia and its impact on culture, politics, media, and the lives and experiences of Muslim people.
Global information technology report 2013
Global information technology report Released by World Economic Forum, this report includes Networked Readiness Index Rankings, country data profiles and Case Studies of ICT being used for competitiveness and well-being. Other useful sites for world rankings of ICT are the ITU’s Measuring the Information Society report. This annual report enables benchmarking of development to take place. It […]
Sources of data on human rights in the Middle East/ Arab world
Arab Barometer – Established in 2005 by scholars in the Arab world and the United States. Data on political attitudes of Arab citizens. Arab Democracy Index -A project of the Arab Reform Initiative (a consortium of fifteen key policy research centers from the Arab world with partners from Europe and the United States) Biennial reports […]
UK Peace Index
According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, United Kingdom Peace Index http://www.visionofhumanity.org/unitedkingdompeaceindex/2013/ the UK is 11% per cent more peaceful than it was a decade ago. The UKPI measures levels of peace according to five key indicators: the levels of violent crime, homicide, public disorder, weapons crime and the number of police. The main website […]
The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982)
Freely available on National Australian web service, Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/aww This title has one of the largest circulations of popular women’s magazines in Australia. Its archive is of great relevance for students and researchers of social history as it includes colour images and contemporary advertising. Which are fascinating for tracing women’s history, advertising and popular culture […]
Opengendertracking project
A project which aims to build software to track gender content in online news stories. The website provides an explanation of the project. This launch page http://opengendertracking.org/ includes details about bias and the under-representation of women in news stories. It includes stories measuring women in UK news.
Human Trafficking
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/publications – It Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom to fight modern slavery – argues that the authorities do not know the scale of human trafficking in the UK. See reports and a strategy for tackling human trafficking on the Home Office website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/human-trafficking/ The UK […]
Understanding Society – new website
UK Household Longitudinal Study has launched its new website: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/ The study started in 2009 and is collecting regular data on individual households who have agreed to take part. Topics covered include economics, daily life, social attitudes and participation in sport and cultural events. It is based at the Institute for Social and Economic Research […]
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