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1. Women & the Economy
   Focuses on the position of women in the economy. Includes a brief history of economic thinkers; background about money, banking, debt, economics and war, and feminist economics; women's economic contributions and economic inequality; women and globalizati
   03-03-2008 : barter systems, biographies, business, economics, economists, food buying clubs, globalization, history, people, women
2. Eldis Resource Guides
   A development gateway divided into subjects. “The aim of our resource guides is to bring together information from our databases and to present it for quick access. Each of the guides is overseen by an editor or editorial team.”
   02-20-2008 : ageing populations, agriculture, biodiversity, children, climate change, corporate social responsibility, debt, debt relief, education, finance policy, food security, forestry, gender, globalization, governance, health, health systems, hiv/aids, humanitarian aid, ict for development, influencing policy, international development, international monetary fund (imf), ipr, participation, pastoralism, questioning development, tourism, trade policy, world bank, young people, youth
3. World History Sources by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
   “... an online resource center designed to help high school and college world history teachers and their students locate, analyze, and learn from online primary sources and to further their understanding of the complex nature of world history, especially
   05-01-2007 : case studies, globalization, history, primary sources, world history
4. Journal of World-Systems Research
   A free online journal.
   01-16-2007 : economics, globalization, political science, sociology, world systems
5. The UC Atlas of Global Inequality
   'Explores the interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality, and provides maps, graphics and data.' Includes a glossary and bibliography. Searchable. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : atlas of global inequality, bibliographies, california: society and social issues, economic geography, economic globalization, economics, equality, geography, global integration, globalization, glossaries, health, maps, material inequality, transportation, travel
6. Americans and the World
   Search reports on US public opinion on a broad range of international policy issues. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : biotechnology, global warming, globalization, human rights, international policy issues, international trade, iraq debate, israel, palestine, population, public opinion: united states, regional issues, terrorism, united nations, women's international issues, world politics: us public opinion
7. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
   Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
8. Create a Better Future
   What you can do to make a difference--in the areas of environment, energy, science and technology, education, youth, citizenship, land-use, human settlements, health, food, business, consumption, investments, politics and action, religion and ethics, law, and globalization and free trade.
   01-12-2007 : business, citizenship, consumption, education, energy, environment, food, free trade, globalization, health, human settlements, investments, land-use, law, politics and action, religion and ethics, science and technology, sustainable development, youth
9. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
   Researches fresh international policy proposals, 'focusing on the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change.' Search the enormous amount of resources.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : economic, foreign relations, globalization, international cooperation, international policy proposals, international relations, peace, political, technological forces driving global change, united states
10. Global Issues in Society
    Covers a wide range of global issues.
    01-11-2007 : communication styles, environmental issues, genocide, global conflict, global economics, global issues in society, globalization, governance, human rights, news, nuclear proliferation, online maps, racism, virtual tours, women's studies, world health, world populations, world religions
11. Global Policy Forum
    GPF 'monitors policy making at the United Nations' and 'promotes a more open, accountable, and democratic policy to address peoples' needs worldwide.' Search information on various issues facing the UN.
    01-10-2007 : democracy, democratic process, global policypolicies, globalization, international agencies, international justice, international relations, ngos, non-governmental organizations, policy making, policy sciences, sanctions, social and economic policy, united nations, united nations security council
12. Law, Social Justice and Global Development (LGD)
    A free online journal. Focuses on the impact of globalisation on social development.
    01-10-2007 : global development, globalization, human rights, law, social development, social justice
13. AlterNet.org
    More than 7,000 stories from over 200 sources covers environment, the drug war, technology, cultural trends policy debate, sexual politics, globalization, human rights, and other social and political issues. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    12-14-2006 : cultural trends policy debate, drug war, environment, globalization, human rights, political issues, public interest: periodicals, sexual politics, social issues, technology
14. Sustainable Development
    This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at various aspects of development, sustainable development and how this relates to other issues such as poverty, inequality, and the environment.
    12-07-2006 : aids/hiv, arms control, arms trade, biodiversity, chechnya, children, climate change, conflicts, conservation, consumerism, consumption, corporations, disease, east timor, energy security, environment, extinctions, foreign aid, foreign policy, genetic engineering of food, geopolitics, global issues, global warming, globalization, health, human rights, indigenous people, inequality, international criminal court, justice, kosovo, media, middle east, military expansion, military expenditure, nato, natural disasters, population, poverty, racism, structural adjustment, sustainable development, third world debt, trade, war on terrorism, water, women's studies
15. The Nation Directory
    A searchable directory with links to organizations, agencies, think-tanks, non-profits, political parties, NGOs, and other groups in 13 major subject areas and over 70 sub-categories. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : 1st amendment, arms spending, associations: united states, directories, disarmament military race, ethnicity, foreign affairs, gender sexuality human rights, globalization, institutions: united states, jails, labor, ngos, nonprofit organizations, peace, political parties, prisons, religions, student movements, sweatshops, think-tanks, working conditions, youth and education
16. International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
    Concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity and promotes locally based alternatives to the global consumer culture.
    11-07-2006 : alternatives, biological and cultural diversity, biological diversity conservation, cultural diversity, culture, ecology, global consumer culture, globalization, societies, sustainable development
17. CorpWatch: Holding Corporations Accountable
    News and analysis of worldwide corporate activity. Has a guide to online research on multinational corporations. CorpWatch seeks to counter 'corporate-led globalization through education and activism...for human rights, labor rights and environmental justice.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : accountability, business, business: research, corporations, environmental justice, globalization, human rights, labor rights, multinational corporations, social responsibility
18. INCORE's Guide to Resources in Conflict and Peace Studies
    Engages in 'research and policy work that is useful to the resolution of ethnic, political and religious conflicts.' Many resources on conflict resolution and ethnic relations. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : children and conflict, conflict resolution, crimes against women, democracy, directories, economic conditions, economic development, ethnic conflicts, feminization of poverty, food security, gender equality, gender studies, global economy, global trade, globalization, governance, government policy, human rights, igo, industrial policy, international conflict research, international governmental organization, landmines, leadership, microcredit, mixed marriages, peace, political conflicts, political empowerment, political leadership in divided societies, politics, poverty, public policy, reconciliation, refugees, religion and conflict, religious conflicts, resolution of conflicts, security, social conditions, technology, trade liberalization, truth and reconciliation, unifem, united nations development fund for women, united nations: economic assistance, violence against women, war, women and conflict, women in development, women's rights, women: economic conditions, women: social conditions
19. International Political Economy Network
    Source for research on the global political economy.
    11-07-2006 : economics, global political economy, globalization, international affairs, international relations
20. Social Criticism Review
    Social criticism by authors who may differ from what is often heard in the mainstream media. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : alternative media, economics, environment, genetic engineering, globalization, media, multinationals, poverty, progress, protest, science, social criticism, social issues, social problems, sustainable development, technology, war

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