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USA Primaries – Useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/usa-primaries-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart.
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International Education Data Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/international-education-data-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 International Education Data Explorer is a tool from the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences which forms part of the U.S.
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Inclusive books for primary school children
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/inclusive-books-for-primary-school-children/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 Inclusive Books for children A website that offers recommendations by age category and theme for books that are inclusive and reflect the modern world.
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Syrian Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/syrian-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 This website hopes to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses in Syria.
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Inequality in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/inequality-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 Is London the most socially mobile place in the UK? See the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission.
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Are young people the ‘new poor?’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/are-young-people-the-new-poor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 The latest LSE research has revealed that despite better qualifications, young people in their 20s have suffered a higher percentage of falling wages than older generations.
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A Cross-country Database of Fiscal Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/a-cross-country-database-of-fiscal-space/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 New for economic and economic historian researchers from the World Bank: a database of fiscal data which can be downloaded in Excel or Stat format.
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49% of adults in the UK use social media for news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/49-of-adults-in-the-uk-use-social-media-for-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Fascinating fact from the Latest Ofcom news consumption in the UK annual report. Yet only 37% trust social media. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.
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Euro debt crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/euro-debt-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data.
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Joseph Stiglitz and Central Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/15/joseph-stiglitz-and-central-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 15, 2013 Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, stated that central banks have too much financial power to remain as unelected bodies.