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Chapter 2 — Asking and Answering Sociological Questions
- Ipsos MORI (merged company focusing on market research and social research)
- Social Science Information Gateway
- Office of National Statistics
- UK Data Archive
- CESSDA- Council of European Social Science Data Archives
Chapter 3 — Theories and Perspective in Sociology
- The Dead Sociologist's Society
- Feminist Theories and Perspectives
- The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
- Phenomenologists and Ethnomethodologists
- Webpages devoted to some individual theorists:
- Jean Baudrillard
- Judith Butler
- Ulrich Beck
- Manuel Castells
- Michel Foucault
- Anthony Giddens
- Ervin Goffman
Chapter 4 — Globalization and the Changing World
- Globalization Resource
- International Forum on Globalization
- Global Trade Watch
- Reith Lectures on Globalization from 1999
- The Global Site
- Centre for Research on Globalization
- Global Policy Forum
- International Monetary Fund
Chapter 5 — The Environment
- UK Department for Environment, Food and Rurual Affairs
- Environment and Society Blog, University of Leeds, UK
- Environmental Organization Web Directory
- European Environment Agency
- Friends of the Earth International
- Greenpeace International
- OECD
- United Nations Development Programme
- World Bank, Environment and Development Series
Chapter 6 — Cities and Urban Life
- USA site on substainable architecture, building and culture
- Centre for Urban History
- UK Government's Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
- City Mayors
- H-Urban, discussion forum for urban history and urban studies
- Radical Urban Theory
- Virtual Cities Resource Centre
Chapter 7 — Social Interaction and Everyday Life
- ComResources Online - resources for non-verbal communications
- An introduction to symbolic interactionism based at Grinnel College, USA
- Ethno/CA news-resource for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis
- Information on life and work of Erving Goffman
Chapter 8 — The Life-Course
- World Health Organization on Ageing and the Life-Course
- HelpAge International
- The Centre for Policy on Ageing (UK)
- United Nations Programme on Ageing
- Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath, UK
- Help the Aged
- Age Concern
Chapter 9 — Families and Intimate Relationships
- CRFR - The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- CPS - The Centre for Policy Studies
- Civitas - Institute for the Study of Civil Society
- Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
- The Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life
- Demos: a think-tank covering research on social exclusion, the family and poverty
- Family Research Council
- Family and Parenting Institute
Chapter 10 — Health, Illness and Disability
- European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Centre for International Public Health Policy
- The World Health Organization
- Wellcome Library on the History and Understanding of Medicine, UK
- The Disability Archive at the University of Leeds, UK
- The European Disability Forum
- Equality and Human Rights Commission (formerly The Disability Rights Commission, UK)
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- BBC disabilities magazine
- Association of Public Health Observatories
Chapter 11 — Stratification and Social Class
- Social Inequality and Classes: links from Sociosite at the University of Amsterdam
- Explorations in Social Inequality
- Marxists Internet Archive
- Progress on Nations 2000 Unicef Report
- ESRC Society Today: Factsheets on inequality and social mobility in the UK
- Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
- Social Trends: current and past editions of reference source that draws together social and economic data from a wide range of UK government departments and other organizations
Chapter 12 — Poverty, Social Exclusion and Welfare
- Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
- OECD site for Social and Welfare Issues
- The World Bank’s PovertyNet site
- The Poverty Site: UK based site covering UK and Europe
- The Child Poverty Action Group UK
- UK Social Exclusion Task Force (formerly the Social Exclusion Unit)
- The Social Market Foundation: UK think-tank on state-market relations
- Department of Work and Pensions 'Opportunity for All'
Chapter 13 — Global Inequality
Chapter 14 — Sexuality and Gender
- Intute: UK academic social science gateway for gender and sexuality
- The Women's Library
- Queer Resource Directory
- Eldis: gender issues in developing countries
- Voice of the Shuttle: gender and sexuality studies resources
- ILGA: International Lesbian and Gay
Chapter 15— Race, Ethnicity and Migration
- Origination: UK Channel 4 site covering British immigrant cultures
- CRER: Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick
- EUCM: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
- Intute: Social Science gateway for ‘Racial and Ethnic Minorities’
- UNHCR: United Nations Refugee Agency
- The Institute of ‘Race’ Relations, UK site
- ICAR: Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK
- Politeia: network for citizenship and democracy in Europe (links on Roma people)
Chapter 16— Religion
- Academic Info Religion Gateway
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research
- The Association of Religion Data Archives
- Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
- BBC, Religion and Ethics
- Religious Tolerance: Canadian-based site
Chapter 17— The Media
- Foundation for Information Policy Research
- Newswatch: media watchdog website
- OECD, ICT homepage
- Theory.org: postmodern site on links between media and identities
- BARB: Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board
- The Modernist Journals Project
- Internet World Statistics
- Office for Communications
- Media UK
Chapter 18— Organizations and Networks
- CSO: Centre for the Sociology of Organisations, based in Paris, France
- Social Science Information System resources on organizations
- The International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on organizations
- EJROT: Electronic Journal of Radical Organisational Theory
- Site about Michel Foucault
- Gateway for resources on social capital, hosted by Universities of Siena and Rome, Italy
Chapter 19— Education
- Global Campaign for Education, based in South Africa
- UNESCO Education Homepage
- Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education
- 21st Century Learning Initiative, UK-based
- Department for Children, Schools and Families, UK
- UK Lifelong Learning Site
- The University of the Third Age, UK
Chapter 20— Work and Economic Life
- The International Labour Organization
- The Work Foundation, UK
- Intute: Social Sciences UK (mostly) academic resources on work and employment
- European Commission: Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs
Chapter 21— Crime and Deviance
- The British Journal of Criminology
- UK Home Office, Crime Reduction Unit
- Critical Criminology (USA)
- Sites created by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, King’s College London UK
- Howard League for Penal Reform
- NACRO: UK charity concerned with crime prevention and the welfare of offenders
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Liberty
- UK Ministry of Justice
Chapter 22— Politics, Government and Social Movements
- Foreign Policy: Washington, DC, US-based site with lots of political articles and comments
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, based in Stockholm, Sweden
- Intute: Social Sciences, Politics
- World Politics Review
- Open Democracy
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Chapter 23— Nations, War and Terrorism
- Internet Modern History
- The Nationalism Project
- Web Genocide Documentation Centre
- CSTPV: Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrew, Scotland
- The Terrorism Research Centre, based in Northern Virginia, USA
- Oxford Research Group
- The Bulletin Online: global security news and analysis
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
