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On line education material

Asia for Educators Online  http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/    features classroom materials and teaching guides on Asia for use by faculty and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature at the undergraduate and pre-college levels. Search for content by subject area, document type, or time period. AFE Online also features several multimedia and image-based units on various Asia-related topics, as well as maps, timelines, primary source readings, and a searchable database of recommended teaching materials from  other publishers. AFE Online is an initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University.


Classes on population, global economy and nationalism   http://www.aag.org/Education/center/cgge-aag%20site/index.html   websites adn blackboards.



Other (in no particular order)

University of California Press Scholarship Editions   http://content.cdlib.org/ucpress/    has many free books on line, but you have to search. For example searching for "Social Change" returns a number of interesting books, such as the following: (click on Show only public titles)   (this site may not show up in some versions of netscape, but the books below do.)

    and many others, about specific countries, regions and more....



The 100 People   http://www.100people.org/index.php   "The project will find and capture in film, photography, music and text 100 individuals who represent the global population... This World Portrait will be used to make an introduction between the peoples of the earth and to facilitate a greater understanding of the diversity and the commonalities among us.


Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Development   http://www.un.org/Depts/escap/sps/conf.htm    Manila, 5-11 November 1997   This was a United Nations ESCAP conference.  "The Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Development was held to review and assess the progress achieved towards attaining the goals and targets of the Agenda for Action on Social Development in the ESCAP Region. Here you can find all documentation related to that important event."
 


The IR Theory web site   http://www.irtheory.com/   This site is useful for studying political change, because it has interesting stuff about international relations.  "International Relations (IR) theory entails the development of conceptual frameworks and theories to facilitate the understanding and explanation of events and phenomena in world politics; as well as the analysis and informing of associated policies and practices."
 

Social Policy Virtual Library   http://people.bath.ac.uk/hsstp/world3-menu.htm   links to data, institutes, associations, email lists, some educational material about social policy.
 

Working paper site of political science    http://workingpapers.org/    links to bunches of working papers from many political scientists, and some sociologists too.  Many topics.


Online Economics Textbooks   http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/newbooks.htm   links to on line texts.


Everyday Economics  http://www.dallasfed.org/educate/pubs/index.html    A series of colorful booklets explaining fundamental economic concepts for high school students.



World Transformation    http://www.worldtrans.org/     " Here you will find a cornucopia of ideas, resources, connections, information, inspiration and surprises, all aimed at growing, creating or discovering a world that works better for all of us."

Research Review of Global Warming Evidence   http://www.oism.org/pproject/     some review and criticism of global warming 'evidence'


Technocapitalism    http://www.technocapitalism.com/    From the site, technocapitalism is about "a new form of market capitalism that is rooted in technological invention and innovation.  It can be considered an emerging era, now in its early stage, that is supported by such intangibles as creativity and knowledge."

The world as a social system   http://www.n4bz.org/gst/gst12.htm   Theory of the world as a social system.


The Economics Web Institute   http://www.economicswebinstitute.org/   This site is a growing hyper-text for an evolutionary analysis of the economy and "freely offers you to explore classical and innovative issues in economics and management, drawing on theoretical reflections, real data, and interactive software models."


A study of Major Social Institutions in China    http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~sosc1/soc/aboutus/drruan/   "This website has been developed to assist students who are taking courses related to modern China. On this site, you will find
    1. A Bibliography for the Study of Major Social Institutions in China (books and journal articles since early 1980’s)
    2. A list of China-related social science journals
    3. A list of China-related videos
    4. Useful internet links"


The UC Atlas of Global Inequality    http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/    maps and graphs of of health, income, other topics. At one time and over time.


World Mapper   http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/   A different version of maps of the world by population, health, other things. Pretty neat. Maps are proportional to representation, eg., gdp  shows the west large, and Africa small.


Radix - Radical Interpretations of Disaster   http://www.radixonline.org/   "It is meant as a home for discussion, working papers, opinion pieces, resources, links that can help to develop radical interpretations of and radical solutions (see resources for low cost rural rebuilding) for ALL disasters in ALL parts of planet earth."


The International Professors Project   http://www.internationalprofs.org/   This "is a non-profit global network of Professors who have begun working as academic “citizens of the world” on university campuses in the developing world. Our professors teach, mentor and conduct local research as they internationalize college and university faculties in their host countries."


The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime   http://www.unodc.org/unodc/index.html   "is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime." The UNODC has an interesting project,
     The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking   http://www.ungift.org/   "The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with financial support from the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, has therefore set in motion a Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT). The process, formally launched in London on 26 March 2007, is designed to have a long-term impact to create a turning point in the world-wide fight against human trafficking."
      The India chapter   http://www.unodc.org/india/index.html   is hosting the first of the GIFT events   http://www.giftasia.in/   "to raise awareness on human trafficking, reduce the vulnerability of potential victims and rescue those trapped."


You Can Make a Difference   http://www1.chapman.edu/~Babbie/YCMAD/index.html   from Earl Babbie.


Kiva.org   http://www.kiva.org/   they let you lend money to entrepreneurs in the developing world so they can empower themselves. Kiva.org is listed here:
   Quarterly Update to Congress -- July 2007   http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/2207/91594.htm
   Nepal Study Center   http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/P2PMicroFinance_Kiva.htm


Not social change, but ...

My site of list of links to free resources for methods in evaluation and social research   http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
 

Keep an eye on this:


Konarka   http://www.konarkatech.com/   "develops light-activated Power Plastic® that is flexible, lightweight, lower in cost and much more versatile in application than traditional silicon-based solar cells."


Change of a sort, click to donate

The information made available here is provided as a public service.  Information and links in this section are not intended to be advice or suggestions for any action or inaction.  Any actions taken by visitors are totally the responsibility of the visitors. None the less, I hope they are useful.

Care to make a difference   http://www.care2.com/click2donate/     
  (care2.com is listed here  http://www.esd.ornl.gov/facilities/nerp/parknotes_issue22.html
     http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/aging/home-off.pdf
   http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/cc/Pages/navig_07_06.pdf)

Directory of free donation sites.
http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Philanthropy/Free_Donations/

http://personal.ecu.edu/dns0523/donation.htm   links to lots of click to donate.


Poverty Fighters   http://www2.povertyfighters.com/   another click to donate.
mentioned here   http://www.wooster.edu/news/0405/OxFam2005.php
and here  http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2006/2/17/stanfordInTheLeadInRaceToFightPoverty 


This FAO report:  Solar photovoltaics for sustainable agriculture and rural development   http://www.fao.org/sd/EGdirect/EGre0057.htm   lists   http://www.solarsite.net/   which goes here   http://cannecy.free.fr/solar/index.php   They help develop solar energy in the third world.


This UN site   http://www.un.org/works/goingon/lessonplan_hivaids.html    lists   http://www.thestophivsite.com/    which helps to raise money for treatment and research.


http://www.freerice.com/   click on the correct meaning of words and they donate rice. 
    Listed in these news stories at UN
       http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24753&Cr=food&Cr1=  
       http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2007/db071109.doc.htm  


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