Social Science sites of the week 17th January 2020

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 deaths . It also argues that in some cases problem drinking is worse in weller off OECD nations than elsewhere.
In terms of England it found that. "Levels of alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom are above the OECD average and increased during the last 30 years. In 2011, an average of 10.6 litres of pure alcohol per capita was consumed in the United Kingdom, compared with an estimate of 9.5 litres in the OECD"
The ONS has data on alcohol consumption trends in the UK
it also records alcohol related deaths
the Health Survey for England has self reported data by individuals by region, gender, age, ethnicity on how much they drink in a typical week.


Do people drink more in certain regions?
This interesting study on regional alcohol consumption focused on sales data it found that: "There are some important differences in the types of alcohol sold through on- and off-licensed premises across GB regions. The high volume of alcohol sold per adult in the South West is driven by on-trade sales of cider and spirits and off-trade wine sales. In Scottish regions, a much higher volume of spirits is sold per adult than elsewhere in GB."

Are women drinking more?
According to the Institute of Alcohol studies levels are rising in the UK
see more research on their website

For academic evidence on alcohol and health search PubMed to find articles.
NHS evidence has policy, strategy and scientific research.

Men continue to dominate positions of power in British Life



According to the latest Fawcett sex and power report. The situation is even worse for BAME women. Findings include:

Women make up just over one in 20 CEOs of FTSE 100 companies. This remains unchanged since our last report in 2018. None of these CEOs are women of colour. Get the full facts by downloading  the report. Earlier editions are also available from the website.For more reports on Gender see our scoop.it page



Preventing Predatory publishing.

A new discussion paper on this hot topic from COPE Committee on Publication Ethics, a UK registered charity which has membership from publishers and editors. The paper defines the nature of the problem, its impact on stakeholders and suggests possible solutions and ways forward. See more links on our Scoop.it page
This also links to a useful article on predator publishing in Ghana in the latest edition of IFLA journal.which gives insight into the African experience





The Heremoteca Digital do Algarve,



Recently launched  a digital archive of newspapers and magazines published in the Algarve between 1810 and 1974. There are currently 400 titles being loaded online. The web version will eventually cover up to 1949. The period from then until 1974 will be available onsite at the university of Algarve Library. The text will be possible to be searched in Portuguese by keyword providing insight into social, economic and political history of the region. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Publicações periódicas

Has a list of List of digitized newspapers and journals in alphabetical order. Mainly from the 18-20^th Century

Official Gazette Issued by Palestinian National Authority.

Made available by Birzeit university. This website includes the legislations published in the Palestinian Official Gazette since 1994 after the Palestinian National Authority assumed its responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Browse by year and issue. Text in Arabic only.

Impeachment Papers

The Digital Public Library of America has made on open access a collection of paper s relating to the impeachment of Donald Trump. They also include materials relating to alleged foreign interference in the 2016 presidential elections.





Fact Checking Donald Trump



Again relating to Donald Trump

Fact check has launched a special section on its website for fact checking transcripts of the presidents remarks and political speeches. They include state of the union speeches, remarks made on Iran 9^th January 2002.

There are full transcripts of the original speeches and alongside them the statements, and statistics that have been checked with their sources.

Paris Museums digital collections.

A great new free resource. Paris Musées, contains materials from 14 museums and sites of the City of Paris, making available 100,000 digital high-definition reproductions of works from their collections. Thematic collections include women and sport 1880-1940 which covers the wearing of trousers and the use of the bicycle. Giving an essay and images from major art works. And photographs of original clothing. Other collections include caricatures from Victor Hugo, and art work relating to the French revolution.



Finally

Europeana has a really fun Gif competition. It invites people to create a funny moveable image using its primary source materials from its online collections from Europe’s archives and national libraries.

Here are the 2019 winners. Especially recommended women making cars at Fords.