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Israel Elections 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/israel-elections-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process.
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Where is the best place to be a mother?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-mother/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between M others and infants in urban areas around the world.
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European Parliament Research Service (EPRS)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/03/european-parliament-research-service-eprs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2016 The EPRS produces research documents to inform MEPs preparing for votes in the European Parliament.
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Congressional Record for the 1980s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/congressional-record-for-the-1980s/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Now available online via GOV Info the bound volumes from volume 127 (1981) to volume 147 (2001).
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Trump’s inauguration – protests
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.
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The most violent cities (Latin America, UK and Global)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/the-most-violent-cities-latin-america-uk-and-global/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 Chioda, Laura. 2017. Stop the Violence in Latin America : A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood. Latin American Development Forum;. Washington, DC: World Bank.
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French Presidential elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/new-fact-check-sites-for-french-presidential-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Newspapers pay a key role in forming the opinion of the French electorate according to the recent Baromètre des médias, l’intérêt des Français pour...
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How do the media create and spreads stories?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/how-do-the-media-create-and-spreads-stories/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 An interesting open-source site is M edia Cloud. This is a joint project by the MIT Center for Civic Media and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
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Freedom to Marry, Oral History Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/freedom-to-marry-oral-history-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Free access to this important collection from the University of California Berkeley The Bancroft Library’s Oral History Center .
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What is the state of digital diplomacy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/what-is-the-state-of-digital-diplomacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 The second annual Burson-Marsteller’s Twiplomacy survey examines how the main social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook , Instagram , Periscope and Snapchat .