Social Science sites of the week Archive

Global value of unpaid care by women 10.8 trillion The global value of unpaid care by women 10.8 trillion according to the latest report on global inequality published by Oxfam International this week to mark the occasion of the summit.. It particularly highlights the need to recognise the extent and economic importance of unpaid care to the economy and the need for legislation to protect carers. Here are some more recommended academic resources on unpaid care. Remember to consult the methodology of the statistics used some focus on social care others may include household chores. How much is your unpaid care worth? try using the Global Care calculator from Oxfam to calculate the worth of household chores, care responsibilities and community support. How much unpaid care is there in the UK? Oxfam Scotland calculated unpaid care in Scotland at 36 billion In 2017 Office for National Statistics calculated unpaid social care for elderly and dependents at 57 billion for the ...

Labour Leadership contest 2020 official Labour Party website Explainers Institute for Government  has a series of handy briefing papers explaining the process. contenders Lisa Nandy Jess Phillips Keir Starmer Emily Thornberry Rebecca Long-Bailey website  no campaign site Guardian newspaper coverage Independent activists Labour Left  blog and discussion Left foot Forward Analysis The Conversation blog. Dry January get some facts Dry January is an Alcohol Concern campaign to get people in the Uk to drink less The official blog has support materials and diaries from participants . Dry Tap app  can be used to monitor drinking patterns according to research on its impact it has been proven to reduce drinking. How much do people drink? The  Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use: Economics and Public Health Policy  report published by the OECD in 2015 found that alcohol accounted for 1 in 17 premature death...

Australian Bush Fires With the ongoing devastation of the Australian bush fires filling the news here are several recommended starting points to finding academic quality information. Geoscience Australia provides basic facts on natural hazards in Australia and the work which it does to protect Th e Bureau of Meterology has facts about bush fires and the weather It has links to current fire danger warnings. Australian central and regional governments also have air quality indexes https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alert-bushfires-and-smoke How common are bush fire disasters? Find out by searching the Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub which has open source authoritative reports. It also includes case studies of good practice. and a disaster map of historic incidents. In 2018 it published this report on the economic costs of natural disasters to Australia The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is a research organisation. Its website has comment and academic pa...

In the news this week. – elections. Election results- useful academic research resources for international research Look up the result in your area using the BBC For historic data try these recommended resources Political Data Yearbook Great free website based on the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook includes election results, turnout levels and political party facts for over 30 nations most from the EU. Check dates updated. British Election Study  Get an understanding of long term trends in voter behaviour using this social survey of the electorate which has been conducted since 1964. Reports and datasets can be downloaded. Constituency-Level Elections Archive University of Michigan. Provides free access to detailed election results at the constituency level for lower house legislative elections from over 18,000 elections from 162 nations . Some raw data is accessible. International Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) An intergovernmenta...