OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental And Social Statistics

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OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics is now available online.

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Podcasting In The Teaching And Learning Of Politics And International Relations

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Podcasting in the teaching and learning of Politics and International Relations
This site provides information about the Podcasting in the teaching and learning of Politics and International Relations The project was supported by C-SAP Higher Education Academy the subject network for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics and conducted by POLIS at the University of Leeds and the School of Social Science at Liverpool John Moores University during 2007/8 in order to investigate what role podcasting can play in supporting the politics student learning experience. The website provides background information on the aims of the project and its outcomes. It includes free access to some papers and powerpoint slides. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/subject_areas/politics/polcasting/

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Change in Cuba: how citizens view their country's future

This site provides free access to a 32 page report published by Freedom House in September 2008. It presents the findings from in-depth surveys with 180 Cubans conducted in April 2008. These canvas their attitudes on a range of social, economic and political issues following the resignation of former president Fidel Castro. Topics covered include: the impact on daily life, their opinions on the nature and extent of the recent changes and and their hopes for the future. Details on the methdology of the survey are offered. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/ChangeinCuba.pdf