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U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/u-s-womens-and-girls-magazines-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 New from Columbia University, this collection of website snapshots of American womens magazines , At the moment there are 9 covering from 2017 onwards.
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RISE – Research Institute for Social Mobility and Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/rise-research-institute-for-social-mobility-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 This week saw the launch of RISE a new think tank, part funded by the University of Bolton which will conduct research into areas of education and social mobility policy...
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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.
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Human Development Report 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/human-development-report-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 Human Development Report 2014 published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) puts people at the centre of measuring development- looking at the...
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British Political Speech Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/british-political-speech-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 A great resource developed by Swansea University. It lists all major speeches for Conservative, Labour and Liberal/Liberal Democrat Party leaders from 1895 onwards.
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1979 elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/1979-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Rewind to the 1979 elections #79 rewind from the Open University is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.
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Is the electoral system broken?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/is-the-electoral-system-broken/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the Electoral Reform Society the UK electoral system is in crisis as the first-past-the-post system does not reflect votes cast.
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International Political Science Association launch a MOOC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/international-political-science-association-launch-a-mooc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Coming soon a range of free politics and International relations courses from this specialist professional society The blog describes how they aim to form a core introductory curriculum.
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Online harassment: US
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/metoo-and-gender-equality-france-and-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 A recent Pew report on the American population has also found that the genders and different sectors of the population have different conceptions of what constitutes online harassment.
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Unshackling expression – A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/unshackling-expression-a-study-on-laws-criminalising-expression-online-in-asia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 Free access to this special issue from GISWatch. It focuses on conditions in six Asian states: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand.