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> ______________________________________________ > From: Dawson,H > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:17 PM > To: Dawson,H > Subject: social science internet update > > > > ___________________________________________ > > > > > Dear all > > > Here is the latest update from Intute > Giving a selection of the new resources added to the social sciences > section. > Remember to check our website for a complete list > http://www.intute.ac.uk/ > > In the news this week > . > Alastair Campbell diaries > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.alastaircampb > elldiaries.co.uk/&handle=20070709-110825> > This site was created to support the publication of the Alastair > Campbell diaries which were published as The Blair Years by Alastair > Campbell Random House ISBN 9780091796297 in July 2007. Mr Campbell was > renown as a leading 'spin doctor; and advisor to British Prime > Minister Tony Blair. His diaries provide insight into the inner > workings of the new labour government of the 1990s and his opinions on > leading political figures such as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and key > events such as the decision to go to war in Iraq. The website vides > free access to some brief extracts from the book; video footage of Mr > Blair and some interviews with the author. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.alastaircampbe > lldiaries.co.uk/&handle=20070709-110825 > > Find more in the blog > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/?cat=9 > Atlantic Community > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.atlantic-comm > unity.org/&handle=20070711-071301> > The Atlantic Community is an online discussion forum based in Germany > which aims to promote international discussion on developing > transatlantic cooperation about world affairs. Its website contains > online columns and writings from its columnists. These include German > language articles from its online magazine Global Agenda. The site > also supports open discussion forums. Topics covered are wide ranging > including: globalization; world politics; climate change; security; > terrorism; wars and conflicts. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.atlantic-commu > nity.org/&handle=20070711-071301 > > Guardian unlimited politics podcasts > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://blogs.guardian.co > .uk/podcasts/&handle=20070709-125928> > This site provides free access to politics podcasts from the Guardian > newspaper. They include recordings of Prime Minister's question time > from the House of Commons; Commons Uncut coverage of parliamentary > debates; Simon Hoggart's regular Westminster weekly on events from the > British parliament. Also provided are political discussion, commentary > and interviews. Topics covered include parliamentary activity; the > British Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Parties and > elections. Information is from March 2006 onwards. technical and > copyright details are displayed on the website. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://blogs.guardian.co. > uk/podcasts/&handle=20070709-125928 > China blog: Time Magazine > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://time-blog.com/chi > na_blog/&handle=20070707-112839> > This web blog is maintained by journalists from American current > affairs periodical Time magazine. The blog is used to discuss issues > relating to economics, politics and current affairs. It includes > coverage of US foreign policy towards China; the Chinese economy and > trade links from an American perspective. Users may sign up to receive > email summaries and RSS alerts of new entries. Archives can be viewed > from 2007 onwards. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://time-blog.com/chin > a_blog/&handle=20070707-112839 > Find more on china > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=China&l > imit=0 > World Economic Forum: YouTube channel > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://uk.youtube.com/pr > ofile?user=WorldEconomicForum&handle=20070710-141457> > The World Economic Forum: YouTube channel contains videos from World > Economic Forum (WEF) events from the past few years. Videos range from > short interviews lasting less than five minutes to longer videos > featuring whole sessions up to two hours in length. Topics covered > include leadership, climate change, the rise of China, globalization > and regular WEF events from their annual meeting in Davos. Featured > speakers include Kofi Annan, Vladimir Putin, Condoleezza Rice and a > selection of global business leaders. Viewing YouTube videos requires > a Flash based video plugin. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://uk.youtube.com/pro > file?user=WorldEconomicForum&handle=20070710-141457 > > Nuclear vault: resources from the National Security Archive's nuclear > documentation project > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsar > chiv/nukevault/index.htm&handle=20070709-133332> > These site is maintained by the National Security Archive George > Washington University. It provides free access to a wealth of > materials relating to nuclear weapons policy from the 1940s-1990s. > This includes thousands of declassified US government documents on > nuclear weapons policy during the Cold war; photographs of nuclear > weapons tests, plus bibliographies of suggested further readings and > links to related websites. Topics covered include: the atomic bombing > of Hiroshioma in 1945; nuclear weapons and the Cold war; relations > with the Soviet Union; the Cuban Missile crisis; China and the Bomb; > Israel; North Korea and nuclear weapons; India/ Pakistan and nuclear > weapons security issues. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarc > hiv/nukevault/index.htm&handle=20070709-133332 > find more on nuclear weapons > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=120096&gat > eway=GovernmentPolicy > > Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - risk > assessment and management > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.publications. > parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmpubacc/377/377.pdf&handle=2007071 > 2-161950> > This site provides access to the full text of the Public Accounts > Committee report HC 377 which was published in July 2007. It presents > an analysis of economic preparations for the London 2012 Olympic > games. Topics covered include the budget setting, procurement and need > to secure a lasting legacy for London. Critical comment and > recommendations are made. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.publications.p > arliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmpubacc/377/377.pdf&handle=20070712 > -161950 > find more on olympic games > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=olympic > +games&limit=0 > > Treaties Office Database > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://ec.europa.eu/worl > d/agreements/default.home.do&handle=20070710-162425> > Website of the Treaties Office Database of the European Commission. > The Treaties Office is maintained by the DG External Relations and the > database contains "bilateral and multilateral treaties or agreements > concluded by the European Community, the European Atomic Energy > Community (EAEC) and the former European Coal and Steel Community > (ECSC), and those concluded under the Treaty on European Union." It > does not include the "founding treaties" of the European Union. > Treaties can be browsed by type, country, organisation or activity > (agriculture, competition, training, environment, internal market, > taxation, trade etc) or searched by words in the title. Database > records contain a summary with official title, type of treaty > (bilateral or multilateral), date of signature, objective of the > agreement, contracting parties and subjects covered. Treaties can also > be downloaded in full from the site. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://ec.europa.eu/world > /agreements/default.home.do&handle=20070710-162425 > > Social Justice Policy Group Conservative Party > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://povertydebate.typ > epad.com/&handle=20070712-105626> > The Social Justice Policy Group is a Conservative Party grouping > chaired by Iain Duncan Smith which studies and seeks policy proposals > for the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain > today. Its website provides information on aims, membership and > activities. It includes blog news updates, plus links to full text > articles and reports. The latter includes the Breakdown Britain report > published in July 2007. Areas of concern include family breakdown; > drug abuse, the causes of poverty, social exclusion, anti-social > behaviour (ASBOS) consumer debt, unemployment and other social > problems. It offers insight into the formulation of conservative party > policy in these areas. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://povertydebate.type > pad.com/&handle=20070712-105626 > find more on the conservative party > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=120222&gat > eway=Politics > > Not new but recommended. > > Forced Migration Online provides access to a wealth of resources > relating to forced migration worldwide. It is maintained by the > Refugee Studies Centre at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. > The site includes a digital library of full-text reports and journal > articles, research guides which can be browsed by country or thematic > topic, news headlines, a catalogue of links to useful websites and a > directory of organisations with useful contact addresses. It is also > building a database of multimedia materials including photographs, > online digital images and videos relating to all aspects of the > refugee experience. The database covers the full range of economic, > political, social and legal issues relating to forced migration, > asylum seekers and refugees. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.forcedmigratio > n.org/&handle=sosig1037805727-22703 > > If you have any comments on this newsletter please > Heather dawson > Government and Politics editor. > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm