Reading list on income inequality: A Storify presentation of data and findings
Updated April 2013: A review of relevant studies and papers on U.S. income inequality, as presented through the Storify publishing platform.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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What’s new in digital scholarship: April 2013
April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media, including Internet surveillance and the mobile “revolution” in the developing world.
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Hispanics in the United States: Not only Mexicans
2013 report from Brown University providing detailed analysis of subgroups with the U.S. Latino population, including differences in rates of population growth, levels of segregation and education levels.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: January 2013
January 2013 review of recent studies and reports from disciplines such as computer science, political science, journalism research and communications.
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People power or a one-shot deal? A dynamic model of protest
2013 study from Princeton and NYU on the nature of political revolutions and the possibility that upheaval can be a singular event, unlikely to be followed by more.
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Understanding the Chechen conflict: Research and reading list
2013 review of Chechnya-related scholarship and the conflict and political grievances there that continue to reverberate.
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Stereotypes of Muslims and support for the war on terror
2013 study from George Washington University noting that stereotypes against Muslims and Muslim-Americans persist and examining the nature of these general attitudes.
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New Left policies and Latin America: Research review and reading list
2013 review of relevant studies and books that shed light on the New Left in Latin America; a variety of scholarly perspectives on outcomes and progress.
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What is Big Data? Research roundup, reading list
2013 research review on the growing ability of computers to gather, analyze, link and compare large data sets, with a look at the deep implications for how the information business may evolve.
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Assessing the impact of training on lowland rice productivity in an African setting: Evidence from Uganda
2012 study in World Development on the transfer of Asian agricultural practices to Africa, and the outcomes of a pilot program.
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