Economic geography and E Guide - Resources and Review

Internet guide that directs users to appropriate electronic and print research resources in political science, political geography, political philosophy, political sociology and anthropology. A particular feature is Canadian politics and Canadian materials.
 
Bibliography of print and electronic resources arranged alphabetically by topic. Material covers business plans, the car industry copyright and the Internet, electronic marketing, global change, gravity models, homelessness, international trade, and telecommuting.
 
The aim is to rank countries by the extent of corruption in public administration, as the determination of an integrity performance is a useful instrument in assessing country risks, of importance to prospective investors.
 
Data on population growth, income gap, pollution, and industrial activity, intended to raise questions about the future of the environment. Provides continental and regional summaries, and information on global and regional trends, such as demographics, economics, the environment, and the socio
political environment.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to economic geography.
 
Series of detailed handbooks describing and analysing the political, economic, social and national security systems and institutions in over 80 countries, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Each study is written by a multi
disciplinary team of social scientists. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
 
Information about the World Bank, press releases, country, region and project information. Includes papers, discussion notes and reports dealing with economic, environmental and social issues.
 
Alphabetical listing of terminology associated with political economy, accompanied by definitions and cross
references to related terms.
 
Abstracts of published reports about new economic indicators, community economics, social auditing and social accountability. New economics aims to set out how a just and sustainable economy will work in practice
 
UNICEF document, which ranks the nations of the world in terms of their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women.
 
Report charting the development of the global economy in the 1999 fiscal year. Includes sections on global poverty and poverty reduction, anti
corruption efforts and initiatives to help heavily indebted poor countries.
 
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