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Gender, Inequality and Power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/gender-inequality-and-power/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 The Gender, Inequality and Power Commission’s final report: ‘Confronting Gender Inequality’ finds evidence of continuing inequality in its four areas of concern:...
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Women’s roles in peace processes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/womens-roles-in-peace-processes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 A great site from the Council on Foreign Relations which has data on female participation from 1990 onwards.
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/18/global-multidimensional-poverty-index-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2021 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021: Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste and gender .
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Urban Gems/Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/urban-gemshappiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy.
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American presidency and social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/american-presidency-and-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 http://techpresident.com/news/23104/help-digital-infrastructure-obama-wins-re-election TechPresident has a good review of the role of social media in the election.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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Bloomberg: Macroeconomic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/22/bloomberg-macroeconomic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2013 The U.K. economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, avoiding a triple dip recession. Bloomberg functions show much of the recovery comes from the services industry.
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Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/guardian-newspaper-launches-new-business-blogs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.