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Gypsy poet : journey into the land of freedom

http://www.thegypsypoet.co.uk/

The Gypsy poet is a personal website developed by Ray Wills, who has a lifetime's experience in play provision in the UK. It includes sections on the history of play and recreational provision for children, and the value of play for children's well being, as well as links to articles, videos and related websites. It also includes information about the author's childhood and life, information about Dorset and its history, and a section on travellers and gypsies, with related links. There are images throughout the site plus poems by the author and other poets.
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Good Practice Framework, SCIE

http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/Goodpracticeframework/

"Good practice in care delivers the outcomes that people who use care services, carers & stakeholders require through tried & tested methods." SCIE's Good Practice Framework website enables practitioners to upload examples of good practice in care which has been proven. This can then be shared with staff, carers and the public through the website. The searches available are subject searching by social care online keyword or browsing the social care online topic tree. Browsing is also available by Dignity in Care keywords and by organisation type or name.
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High quality care for all : our journey so far

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolic

High quality care for all : our journey so far, was published in June 2009 by the Department of Health. Lord Darzi examines the progress the NHS has made in the year since his previous report, High Quality Care for All : NHS Next Stage Review final report, was published. Progress has been made on all aspects of quality - patient experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness, with patients already seeing the difference. Proposals for the future include - the refining of targets based on evidence (with the scrapping of the 13 week outpatient and 26 week inpatient performance targets); clinicians ownership of their own budget ; and a peer review accreditation system. The report is in PDF format and requires Adobe acrobat Reader.
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Grand débat sur l’identité nationale

http://www.debatidentitenationale.fr/

A site launched by the French government, Ministère de l’Immigration, de l’intégration, de l’identité nationale et du développement solidaire in November 2009 to engage the French people and French decision makers in discussion about French national identity and what it means to be French in 21st Century multi-cultural France. It includes access to French government documents on citizenship, immigration. Also available are video films of interviews with philosophers, academics and officials, plusdiscussion forums for members of the public. Topics covered include , attitudes towards Muslim and other ethnic and religious communities in France. Information is offered in French only.
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United States Round Table – the Republican Party and the rise of the new right in American Politics since the 1960s

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/11/united-states-round-table-the-republican

This site provides free access to a recording of a Royal Holloway History Department Research Seminar Series held on November, 2009. Contributors include John Kirk (Royal Holloway); Joe Merton (Oxford University) Sandra Scalon (London School of Economics); Tim Stanley (Royal Holloway). It is available via the Backdoor Broadcasting Company as a series of podcasts. It can be downloaded as a podcast. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Psycho-political resistance in Israel-Palestine conference, 15 – 16 October 2009

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/10/psycho-political-resistance-in-israel-pa

Psycho-Political Resistance in Israel-Palestine was a conference held at Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, Birkbeck College, London from 15 to 16 October 2009. It is available via the Backdoor Broadcasting Company as a series of podcasts. Each paper can be downloaded separately as a podcast using the links given on the website. The lectures cover topics which include non-violence resistance in the Gaza Strip, conflict resolution in the West bank, the politics of apology. There is extensive coverage of mental health projects in the region. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Cost of the war: Afghan experiences of conflict, 1978–2009

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/conflict_disasters/downloads/the-cost-o

This site provides free access to the full text of a report by Ashley Jackson of Oxfam International which was published in November 2009. Drawing on research from data provided by Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF), Afghan Peace and Democracy Act (APDA), Association for the Defence of Women’s Rights (ADWR), Cooperation Centre for Afghanistan (CCA), Education Training Center for Poor Women and Girls of Afghanistan (ECW), Oxfam GB, Organization for Human Welfare (OHW), Sanayee Development Organization (SDO), it critically assessing the human impact of the war against terrorism on the people of Afghanistan during the period 1978-2009.It includes historical background on the conflict and some eye witness accounts. Recommendations for future action are made.
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Spectrum: Concordia University research repository: faculty of arts

http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/divisions/fac=5Fartsscience/

Spectrum is the institutional repository of Concordia University, Canada. It provides free open access, where copyright allows, to research outputs from staff and researchers of the university. These cover a wide range of subject areas from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. This section from the faculty of arts and sciences includes references to journal articles, eprints, pre-prints, conference papers, these and dissertations covering a wide range of social science subject areas including anthropology and sociology, psychology, politics. They include materials relating to Canadian history, politics, culture and the culture history and politics of Quebec. Many items are in full text. Copyright information is displayed on the website. Some items are in French.
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Kennan Institute-National Public Radio Russian History Audio Archive

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.media&grou

The Kennan Institute and National Public Radio is based in the Woodrow Wilson Center. It provides free online access to a collection of English and Russian radio programmes relating to Soviet and Russian history from the Russian revolution to the end of the Cold war in 1991. These they include recording s of famous people such as Lenin, Kerensky, Kirov, Beria, Stalin, Gorbachev, and others. There is also on-the-scene recorded sound of many events in Soviet history, including: the Russian and American armies meeting at the Elbe; Stalin's funeral; the August 1991 coup against Gorbachev and the Siege of Leningrad. The material comes from Soviet and Russian sources, the NPR archives, the archives of the BBC, and individual donors. Some of the material is in Russian, some in English. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Hong Kong Institutional repositories

http://lbapps.ust.hk/hkir/

This site is being developed by the HKUST (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Library to enable cross-searching of the research outputs contained in institutional repositories based in Hong Kong. These include materials from Chinese University of Hong Kong; City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University; Lingnan University; The Hong Kong Institute of Education; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Hong Kong. Users may search by keyword or browse. Research outputs include journal articles working papers, pre-prints, eprints, conference papers, theses and dissertations, many are offered on free open access. All topics of the sciences, social sciences and humanities are covered. There are particularly detailed materials on Chinese society, history, politics and economics and the history and culture of Hong Kong. Some materials are offered in Chinese only. Copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Thinking with Spinoza: politics, philosophy and religion, 7-8 May, 2009

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/category/academic-service/academic-service-archi

Thinking with Spinoza: politics, philosophy and religion was a conference held at Birkbeck College, 7th & 8th May 2009. It is available via the Backdoor Broadcasting Company as a series of podcasts. Each paper can be downloaded separately as a podcast using the links given on the website. The lectures cover issues relating to the politics and philosophy of Spinoza. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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OpenDataNI

http://www.opendatani.info/

OpenDataNI is an official website of the Northern Ireland Government. It seeks to provide free open access to datasets produced by data produced by Northern Ireland government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). These include official statistics and other datasets which may be downloaded in a range of formats. Data is being added on a rolling basis. Users can keep up to date using twitter and other news feeds. Topics covered include all areas of political, economic and social policy in Northern Ireland. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Nick Clegg, MP

http://www.nickclegg.com/

This web site is maintained by Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats. It provides free access to his latest postings as well as links to his other social media web 2.0 resources. (Face book, Twitter and YouTube). These offer his personal thoughts on British politics, British political events (such as party political conferences, elections) as well as links to materials on Liberal Democrat policy.
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Talk about local

http://talkaboutlocal.org/

Talk About Local is an example of a project which aims to use information technology and the Internet to encourage local grassroots democracy initiatives. The website contains a blog and information about the project. It includes examples of the way in which British communities are using the internet to encourage greater democracy.
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National Library of Ireland digital photographs collection

http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/index_glassplates.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates

This website provides free access to 1,000s of photographs from the archives of the National Library of Ireland. Resources of key importance for social researchers include the Independent Newspaper collection which contains over 3,000 images from 1912-1936.These are of value for the study of the social and political history of Ireland during this time. They include photographs of political parties (e.g. Sinn Fein) and Irish nationalist organisations. Other collections include: the Lawrence Royal collection of topographical scenes and the Poole collection (comprising over 5,000 studio portraits, plus scenes of social and political events and images of architecture and industry in the south east of Ireland during the early 20th Century.) Copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Oversight of the Post Office Network Change Programme

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubacc/832/832.pdf

This site provides free access to the full text of the report published by the Public Accounts committee in November 2009. HC 832 session 2008-9. The 32 page report analyses the management of change and closure in the British post office network by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Post Office Ltd. Criticisms of the closures and services are provided.
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Unità, archivio digitale

http://archivio.unita.it/

L'Unità is an Italian Communist Party Newspaper. This website provides free access to a searchable archive of all its issues from 1924 onwards. These offer insight into Italian social, economic and political history (from a Communist perspective). Also provided are coverage of political events and elections and world events, such as the rise of fascism, Mussolini and the Second World War. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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UN member states on the record

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/

This site is maintained by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information. It provides citizens with information on the activities of member states of the United Nations, making it easier to find news and documents relating to the activities of individual countries at the UN. Documents available the key documents related to membership in the UN; statements made before the principal organs; draft resolutions sponsored; periodic reports submitted on Human Rights conventions.
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Calm voice in a strident world: Senator J.W. Fulbright speaks

http://scipio.uark.edu/cdm4/index_Fulbright.php?CISOROOT=/Fulbright

This site forms part of the University of Arkansas Libraries special collections. It provides free access to materials relating to the life and work of James William Fulbright, Democratic Senator from Arkansas, who became a renown authority on American foreign policy from the 1940s-1970s. The online library provides transcripts of over 50 speeches made during his career. The majority focus upon American foreign policy. The site also contains a biography, chronology and bibliography of his works.
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Archives Hub : pubs and inns

http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/pubsandinns.shtml

This section of the Archives Hub celebrates the heritage of British pubs and inns. Archival catalogues for the records of breweries, licensed premises, and trade associations, plus the papers of pub users and temperance campaigners are highlighted, with links to related external sites and suggestions for further reading.
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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity project : documenting the civil rights struggle in Arkansas

http://scipio.uark.edu/cdm4/index_Civilrights.php?CISOROOT=/Civilrights

This site forms part of the University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections Department website. It provides free access to a collection of materials relating to the history of civil rights in the state. It includes coverage of womens rights, Japanese internment during the Second World War, school segregation, and Black African American civil rights struggles in the 20th century. The site includes photographs, posters and documents. Also provided is a timeline of events and bibliographies of further readings for teachers.
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AlphaGalileo research news

http://www.alphagalileo.org/Default.aspx

AlphaGalileo is a leading European research news service for the social sciences, humanities, and business. It is offered by the non-profit AlphaGalileo Foundation. This section of the website covers information relating to Society. It includes coverage of business, economics, sociology, information technology and other social science research. Users may access press releases, information on journal publications and some online multimedia films. It is possible to sign up to receive news and RSS alerts.
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Middle East: intractable conflict?

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/pdf/SU003/SU003.pdf

This site provides free access to the full text of a working paper published in November 2009 by LSE IDEAS, based at the London School of Economics. The 32 page report provides an assessment of the state of the peace process in the Middle East. Topics covered include the Israel-Palestine impasse, the role of Jordan, the rise and significance of Hamas and the role of political Islam with regard to terrorism and the Middle East.
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BBC Democracy Live

http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/

Democracy Live is maintained by the BBC new service. It offers live and on demand video coverage of the UK's national political institutions (House of Commons, House of Lords, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly) and the European Parliament. The search engine is said to be particularly innovative as it uses speech-to-text to take users straight to their points of interest in the video. Other features of the site include political blogs, guides to the institutions and MPs. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Promoting activity toolkit

http://www.promotingactivitytoolkit.com/

The Promoting Activity Toolkit was developed by Make Sport Fun on behalf of the Regional Public Health Group and is managed by NHS London. Its objective is to "focus on the large proportion of people who want to do more activity; simplify the messages around physical activity, sport and active recreation; cross-promote all partners activities; and improve the quality of marketing work in London based on the market segmentation work that Sport England has done".

The strategic planning section links to Sport England local authority segment profiles throughout England; there are detailed communications plans aimed at different market sectors; and downloadable research reports on participation, marketing, and attitudes to sport and activity. The site also features details of events, photographs, a blog and an activity search tool for London.

The toolkit is marketed via the NHS Change4Life initiative. Under the section labelled 'more', you can find guides, activities and other promotional material to support the Change4Life initiative, plus toolkits for Swim4life, Walk4life, Play4life, Bike4life and Early years. Registered users can use the online design tools to create Change4life posters.
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US National Archives Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nationwide/US-National-Archives/128463482993

This is the official Facebook site of the United States National Archives. It is a good example of the use of web 2.0 technology by government departments to connect with citizens. It highlights recent YouTube videos, RSS feeds and online files released by the US government archives . These include examples of historic American government official publications. The site is also useful for keeping up to date with the latest conferences, events and digitisation events from NARA. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Xola Consulting Services

http://www.xolaconsulting.com

This company provides business consulting services for the adventure travel industry. It aims to assist tour operators, government tourism boards and non-profit organisations for adventure travel. The website has a Research section which contains a number of case studies, publications for download, presentations, summaries of reports, a blog and a section on volunteering.
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Coastal Tourism Strategy

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/drah/publications/Tourism/090612coastaleng.pdf

This publication sets out a common strategy for developing the tourism potential of the coastline in a sustainable way whilst responding to the needs of growth markets. It discusses the coastline of Wales in terms of its beaches, wildlife, coastal landscape, towns and villages and culture and heritage and the scope to develop tourism opportunities linked to these. Other issues include developing higher value, year round tourism at the coast to help boost coastal economies and improve the quality of jobs that can be provided by the industry; the effect on the seaside sector by the continuing rise in the number of long holidays taken abroad by UK holiday makers; visitors’ needs and demands and the opportunity for the coastal tourism industry to respond by adapting and developing new products to meet these needs. The full 71 page strategy from Visit Wales (2008) is freely available to download as a PDF file.
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Environmental impacts of tourism

http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi

This is part of the Global Development Research Center website. It discusses tourism's relationship with the environment and the many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads, airports, resorts and hotels. The negative impacts of tourism development can gradually destroy the environmental resources on which it depends. To provide a balanced view, this resource also points out that tourism has the potential to create beneficial effects on the environment by contributing to environmental protection and conservation.
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Adventure travel industry : growth statistics

http://www.xolaconsulting.com/Adventure%20Travel%20Industry%20Growth%20Statsv2.p

This 11 page report by Xola Consulting, 2006 provides a summary of industry research relevant to the adventure travel tourist segment. Contents consider general tourism industry growth, reports of adventure travel industry size, women and adventure travel, outdoor industry association research, aging statistics, tourism development results for emerging economies and current studies taking place. Xola Consulting are described separately in Intute.
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Displacement and coping at wilderness climbing destinations

http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wrc/Publications/Barnett_2004_Climber_Displacement_The

This is a thesis which assesses the extent and nature of displacement and coping of mountaineers at the Cascade volcanoes in Washington and Oregon. Displacement is described as a temporal or spatial change in recreational use of an area due to changes in setting conditions. Since management action or inaction can influence setting conditions, wilderness managers are faced with the challenge of deciding which users will be displaced at a given location, and ensuring that those displaced visitors can find the opportunities that they seek elsewhere in the region. The 178 page thesis (2004), from the University of Idaho is freely available to download as a PDF file.
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Wilderness Research Centre

http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wrc/index.htm

The Wilderness & Protected Area Research Centre completed a five-year programme of research (1994-2000) on Wilderness Experience Programs for Personal Growth, Therapy, Education, and Leadership Development. This looked at detail at the extent, social-economic and ecological impacts and natural resource policy implications. Hosted by the University of Idaho; this page contains links to a number of publications, which are available in full text.
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How wilderness therapy works

http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wrc/Pdf/howwildtherworks.PDF

This paper (12 pages, 2000) summarises findings from a detailed study of the processes employed by four leading wilderness therapy programmes focusing on how wilderness therapy works, the type of behavioural problems it might benefit and the expected outcomes. Some of these outcomes include development of self concept, growth of knowledge and skills and strengthened family relations. The paper is freely available to download as a PDF file.
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What managers are saying and doing about wilderness experience programs

http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wrc/Publications/WM-ATTI-12.pdf

This document (17 pages, 1998) discusses a research study on the growth of Wilderness Experience Programs (WEPs), particularly in the US; a major concern that is considered is whether WEPs may potentially have ecological and social impacts and if there is a need for stricter standards and controls to counteract these. However, it was also recognised by many, that WEPs are not dependent on the wilderness for activities. The document is freely available to download as a PDF file.
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Sadie magazine

http://www.sadiemagazine.com/

Sadie magazine, a quarterly culture web zine for girls and young women, was established in 2008. The web zine contains features on pop bands, performance and visual artists, designers and entrepreneurs in the Centerfold, Rebel Girls and I Heart/I Hate sections; the Review section focuses on current books, films, music and art; Sadie Creative includes cartoons, short stories and memoir writing. The More Sadie pages include advice on health care, finance and cookery. The Resource Guide covers New York City, Los Angeles and Washington DC, USA. There is also an archive of past issues, and guidelines on submitting work.
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Women's writing in the British Isles

http://orlando.cambridge.org/

The Orlando project has created a database of Women's writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the Present. Hosted by Cambridge University Online Publishing, the database provides 'entries on authors' lives and writing careers, contextual material, timelines, sets of internal links, and bibliographies'. The database contains information on individual authors, timelines and chronologies, a tutorial, and links to other relevant sites. The database is subscription only, with the offer of a free trial to educational institutions.
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Women writers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/womenwriters/index.shtml

Women writers is part of the BBC World Service website. The web page provides an introduction to each author and a key text within the context of gender. Featured authors include Buchi Emecheta, Jamaica Kincaid, and Doris Lessing. The profiles of each author and their work include biographical events, influences and themes, work style, current activities, and comments on being a woman writer. There are also links to relevant websites relating to each author.
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Women's parliamentary radio

http://www.wpradio.co.uk/

Women's Parliamentary Radio gathers audio and video interviews with British women members of parliament (MPs) as well as international female and male parliamentarians and hosts them on one website. Interviews are aggregated from various sources including BBC Parliament, and interviews undertaken by Women's Parliamentary Radio itself. Audio files are in MP3 format and can be streamed or downloaded as podcasts. Also available on the site are audio reports for 2007 and 2008, photographs of women MPs, resources for schools and colleges, information on books produced by the founder of Women's Parliamentary Radio, Boni Sones, press releases and a list of women MPs. There is also the opportunity to subscribe and to donate.
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World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)

http://www.wfto.com/

The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) is the global representative body of over 350 organisations committed to the concept of Fair Trade. The goal of the WFTO is to enable small producers to improve their livelihoods and communities through sustainable Fair Trade. It does this by delivering market access through policy, advocacy, campaigning, marketing and monitoring. The WTFO operates in 70 countries across 5 regions; Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North American and the Pacific Rim, with elected global and regional boards, to create market access through policy, advocacy, campaigning, marketing and monitoring. It is the only global network whose members represent the Fair Trade chain from production to sale. The website includes more on the concept of Fair Trade, such as labels, standards and history, details on their work with market access and relevant documents. Information is available be region.
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USITC Journal of international commerce and economics

http://www.usitc.gov/journals/

The Journal of international commerce and economics is produced by the United States International Trade Commission - "an independent, quasijudicial US Federal agency with broad investigative responsibilities on matters of trade". The journal aims to contribute "to the public policy dialogue by providing insightful and in-depth analysis on current and emerging issues in international trade" via articles produced by their staff. There is an archive of previous articles stretching back to 2006, with individual articles available as PDF downloads.
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FriedlicheRevolution.de: magazine and media monitor

http://www.friedlicherevolution.de/index.php

This useful website was created on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. It summarises and reviews current debates in the German press. It also highlights, events, publications, conferences and other commemorations. This includes access to some full text articles, sound recordings, interviews, oral histories and films made by its partners. These include: Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung; Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Information is offered in Germany only.
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Peace media clearinghouse

http://peacemedia.usip.org/

Peace media clearinghouse is a joint project of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and Georgetown University's Conflict Resolution Program. It provides free access to an online collection of multimedia materials relating to peacekeeping, conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. These include documentaries, training films and videos, teaching guides, educational online games, online interviews and other broadcasts. Contributors include the USIP, United Nations and international aid and NGO organisations. It is possible to browse or search the website. Materials relating to specific wars/ conflicts can be found. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Amicus

http://harvardcrcl.org/amicus/about/

AMICUS is a free online supplement to the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL). It seeks to offer a space for online debate about the latest research on civil rights (with a special emphasis on the civil rights of African-Americans). Although a broad range of other areas of civil rights are also covered including freedoms, online rights. The site includes articles, opinion pieces and a conversations area containing organised debates amongst scholars.
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Nos.Deputes.Fr

http://www.nosdeputes.fr/

A website created by RegardsCitoyens.org. Which seeks to promote greater transparency and openness in French government. It offers French citizens news and information about their Deputes (Member of Parliament) and updates on French parliamentary activity in the Assembly Nationale. It includes a listing of members with biographical information, data on recent parliamentary activities, voting patterns. Also available is a section on current legislative activity and discussion forums for users. All information is offered in French only.
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Friedliche revolution: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

http://www.bpb.de/themen/1LTFFI,0,0,Die_friedliche_Revolution.html

A site created by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and its impact upon German society and the cold war in General. The site includes eye witness accounts, photographs, timelines and other documents such as the contemporary history log of the Monday demonstration in Leipzig on 16 October 1989. Most information is offered in German only.
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20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution: Bundesregierung

http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/mauerfall/DE/Startseite/startseite.html

A website created by the Bundesregierung (German government) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and communism in Eastern Europe. It comprises a history of events (which emphasises the positive impact), original photographs, oral history accounts from East Germans, speeches and video films from German government officials discussing the celebrations and the impact, including the 'success of German reunification'. Copyright and technical information is offered on the website which is in German.
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Zeitzeugenportal: 20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit

http://www.zeitzeugenportal8990.de/

Zeitzeugenportal: 20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit (witnesses Portal: Peaceful Revolution 20 years and German Unity) is a joint project of the Federal Foundation for the Study of the SED dictatorship, of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the German federal states. It was created on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, to educate German children on the positive impact of the fall of communism and the resulting reunification of Germany. It comprises eye witness accounts, a brief history of events and resources for teachers. The latter include classroom worksheets and bibliographies of recommended books, films and other websites. Information offered in German only. Access to some areas requires registration.
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Rise and fall of the Berlin Wall: Cold War International History Project

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.categoryvi

The Cold war International History Project is a major research initiative focusing on the history of the Cold War which is managed by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This section of the site contains academic research materials on the history of the Berlin wall and its impact on Cold War international history. It offers free access to a collection of primary resource materials which include CIA and Russian government declassified documents, plus some articles and notes for researchers. Topics covered include the building of the wall, the Berlin Airlift and the events of 1989 and the fall of the wall.
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20 Jahre mauerfall: Deutschland Radio

http://www.dradio.de/portale/20jahremauerfall/

A website created by Deutschland Radio to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Eastern German. It comprises a collection of radio interviews with eye witnesses as well as coverage of the 20th anniversary celebrations. All information is offered in German only. Technical and copyright information is offered on the website.
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Democracy audits and governmental indicators

http://sites.google.com/site/democracyaudit/

This website was created as a result of an American Political Science Association / University of Berkeley initiative (arising from a conference held in On Oct. 30-31, 2009) to map and assess the current state of indictors and indexes for measuring democracy and government performance. It provides free access to lists and assessments of current indicators and indexes used, plus bibliographies of articles on their usage and accuracy. Topics covered include measures of democracy, human rights, corruption, press freedom, state fragility.
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