Social science sites of the week -5th November 2020
Here is the latest update
Still updating the blog. this week includes reaction to the second national lockdown
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/
Postgraduate researchers more satisfied with HE experience during lockdown than before Covid-19
Interesting report from AdvanceHE based on a survey of researchers cnsidering choice of subject, support, resource access
New forms of learning
A new report - learning and teaching reimagined: a new dawn for higher education? - the latest report predicts new forms of blended learning as the future for higher eduction
in the news:
American presidential elections key websites
Keep up to date using these resources
National Archives NARA - articles on the electoral college also includes articles and videos relating to presidentl inaugurations and transitions
US election graph Social Media interactions of politicians
The SMAT (Social Media Analysis Toolkit) has launched a live, interactive network graph of U.S. politicians and the accounts they interact with on Twitter. You can use it to analyse things like influence and connections between various political figures in the process of the U.S. 2020 election. See who Trump and Biden interact with on Twitter
Data and analysis on current public opinion
Access the latest data gathered from major polls
· Gallup's 2020 Presidential Election Center
Recent Gallup polls
Historic election information.
· Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives - Election Statistics
The Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives lists elections results from 1920 tonwards includes the official vote counts for presidential electors, U.S. senators, and U.S. Representatives.
election returns from 1787-1825 made available from: The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
· American National Election Studies (ANES)
The American National Election Studies (ANES) are academically-run national surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election. information from data collected since 1948 is available including questions, code books and a bibliography of academic articles based on the study
UNSCR 1325 at 20 years: Perspectives from Feminist Peace Activists and Civil Society
This WILPF report is based on a series of global interviews, consultations, and meetings with feminist peace activists — the key actors who advocated for the adoption of UNSCR 1325. It documents their assessment of the past 20 years of implementation, and what more must be done to ensure women’s meaningful participation and prevent violence.
see more on our gender scoop.it
World cities report
the latest annual report from UN habitat - the 2020 theme
is the intrinsic value of sustainable urbanization. It includes economic value, environmental value, social value and cultural value.
Al Sharekh Archive: Arabic language journals
AlSharekh Archive from Sakhr, is now providing online access to the content of 228 Arabic literary journals, from 23 Arab countries, dating from the early Arab renaissance (al Nahda) in the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twenty-first century.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Free from ProQuest
This website contains approximately 1,600 documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom:
- Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
- The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
- Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
- The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
- The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
- The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)
The documents are selected from a number of ProQuest databases. The databases represented in this website include American Periodicals, Black Abolitionist Papers, ProQuest History Vault, ProQuest Congressional, Supreme Court Insight and Alexander Street’s Black Thought and Culture.
finally for jigsaw fans from the National Archives: it looks incredibly hard but you can invite other players to help!
recreate Guy Fawkes confession
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