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• Economics of Football

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/economics-of-the-football/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 Football has dominated the news this week. The high sums of money involved in the World Cup mean that politics and corruption can become involved.

• The Riots Communities and Victims Panel: Interim report

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/02/the-riots-communities-and-victims-panel-interim-report/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 2, 2011 Following the riots that occurred in towns and cities across England between 6 and 10 August 2011, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition established...

• Economics of the Oscars

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/economics-of-the-oscars/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 As the winners of the Academy awards 2018 have been announced, here are some social science sites for locating materials on the economics of the Oscars.

• How well do we manage our financial lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/23/how-well-do-we-manage-our-financial-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2017 Interesting findings on high levels of debt and vulnerability and lack of financial knowledge among the British adult population in the first Financial Lives Survey 2017 released by...

• Will people in the UK live shorter lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...

• Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/02/day-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2018 The United Nations has designated 2nd November as a day against impunity for crimes against journalists.

• ITUC Global Rights Index 2017

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/ituc-global-rights-index-2017/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 The latest annual report from the International Trade Union Federation ranks on the worse countries to work in in terms of trade union and labour protection.

• Homelessness

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.

• Zero hour contracts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The  UK Office for National Statistics  has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.

• Telefónica Index on Digital Life

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/telefonica-index-on-digital-life/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 This new global survey examines progress towards digital life in 34 nations worldwide.