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Street protests and their repression
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.
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8 people own the same wealth as 50% of the world’s population
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/8-people-own-the-same-wealth-as-50-of-the-worlds-population/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 This week the latest annual meeting of the World Economic Forum took place at Davos.
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The Taiwan National Treasure digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...
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Race & … in America
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/race-in-america/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Thirteen volumes from the Brown library.
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Onlinecensorship.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/onlinecensorship-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Onlinecensorship.org Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Half-time in the Brexit negotiations: Scotland’s viewpoint
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/half-time-in-the-brexit-negotiations-scotlands-viewpoint/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 Half-Time in the Brexit Negotiations: The Voters’ Scorecard ” is the result of a public opinion survey in Scotland.
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Personal data and elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/personal-data-and-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 The Influence Industry: The Global Business of Using Your Data in Elections.
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Libraries protect women’s cultural rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/libraries-protect-womens-cultural-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 Report from IFLA’s FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression).
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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/global-gender-gap-report-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Get information on the trends from 2020. The report records that it will take another 132 years to close the gap.
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Mental health: International
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-international/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 Useful mental health resources include: World Health Organization Mental Health Atlas; the latest (2017) edition provides data on 177 WHO members covering mental health policy,...