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Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives-finance-and-economics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010.
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Democracy is in Crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/democracy-is-in-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 According to the latest annual report from Freedom House on the state of civil and political liberties worldwide the situation is worsening.
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Children and happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/children-and-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 More children in the UK are unhappy with their lives according to the latest annual report from the Children’s Society which measures happiness and wellbeing in over 2,000...
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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/atlas-of-economic-complexity-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 A resource from Harvard University which maps accurate real data on global trade worldwide enabling great data visualizations.
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Press freedom is declining
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/press-freedom-is-declining/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 According to the latest annual report from Reporteurs Sans Frontières which ranks 180 nations worldwide only 24% are rated as having a good level of press freedom, a decline from...
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Social Mobility, or lack of same
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/social-mobility-or-lack-of-same/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 ‘Social mobility policies have made little Impact’ according to the latest Social Mobility Commission report which assesses 20 years of government policy.
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14 consecutive years of deterioration in political rights and civil liberties worldwide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/14-consecutive-years-of-deterioration-in-political-rights-and-civil-liberties-worldwide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 According to the latest annual summary of civil liberties and human rights worldwide , there have been 14 years of deterioration in political rights and civil liberties.
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ACLED Conflict Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/acled-conflict-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 ACLED Conflict Index 2024 Get reputable data from the team who measure and assess political violence worldwide using indicators based on deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic...
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Historical Newspaper Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Daily Mail 1896-2004, the Independent 1986-2012 and Punch 1841-1992.