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Social Media and Sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website.
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Digital Wildfire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/digital-wildfire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 This interesting ESRC-funded project is examining (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance in the digital world.
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Brexit debates in the House of Lords
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/brexit-debates-in-the-house-of-lords/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Second defeat for Brexit in the House of Lords this week: Read the transcript in Lords Hansard – part one Read the transcript in Lords Hansard – part two Read the transcript in...
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Money, Politics and Finance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/money-politics-and-finance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 N ew site with data on politics money and campaign finance worldwide. It is a collaboration between the Sunlight Foundation, Global Integrity and the Electoral Integrity Project.
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The EU referendum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/the-eu-referendum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history. Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean.
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Major changes in European public opinion towards the EU since 1973
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/major-changes-in-european-public-opinion-towards-the-eu-since-1973/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Great reference work just published by the European Parliament . The 68 page report uses data from the Eurobarometer reports which survey citizen viewpoints from the EU member nations.
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Article 50 news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/27/article-50-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2017 Read the recent judgement on the UK exit from the Supreme Court and the reaction from legal challenger Gina Miller via Channel 4 news.
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Political violence, protest and COVID-19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/political-violence-protest-and-covid-19/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 ACLED (The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project ) has now released all political violence and protest data for 2021 .
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Bloomberg: Mergers and acquisitions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-mergers-and-acquisitions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Starboard Value LP is urging Smithfield Foods Inc. to consider alternatives to the company’s pending $4.7 billion acquisition by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.
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How much does poverty cost the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/how-much-does-poverty-cost-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Interesting report this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examines the cost to UK public services budgets of citizens suffering poverty.