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• Elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/1633/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 Those interested in elections might like the: Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project (MRG/CMP) Database  a quantitative database maintained by...

• The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Try these recommended sources: BBC radio and TV archive footage     1948-1990 Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg  has 250 short videos on life in divided Berlin Chronicle of...

• 45% of British adults display antisemitic attitudes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/45-of-british-adults-display-antisemitic-attitudes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 According to the  Annual Antisemitism Barometer  issued by Campaign against Antisemitism, ‘45% of British adults display antisemitic attitudes’.

• Election turnouts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/election-turnouts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 History Workshop has posted an interesting 1955 anarchist pamphlet on its website called vote for Joe Soap.  It raises the issue for voter non turnout.

• Impact of festivals project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/impact-of-festivals-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 If you are attending music festivals over the summer take a look at the blog from this research project which is being funded under the AHRC’s Connected Communities Programme.

• Are economists in touch with ordinary voters?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/are-economists-in-touch-with-ordinary-voters/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Find out by reading the results of this interesting recent survey from the Centre for Macroeconomics.  It also covers Brexit- why did votes ignore the advice of economists.

• State of the Least Developed Countries report 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/state-of-the-least-developed-countries-report-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Released in September by the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries.  It reviews the progress made in development for 48 countries.

• Online Labour Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/online-labour-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 A u seful tool which provides free data on jobs advertised online via websites and platforms in different countries and different occupations, quickly enabling researchers to track...

• First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.

• COP22 Climate Change conference

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/cop22-climate-change-conference/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 …was held in Marrakesh this week.