Global Social Change Reports
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This report is also available through the Social Science Research Network
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1966739
This report is also available through the Social Science Research Network
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2163196
Brief review of world
socio-demographic trends http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/socsum.html
summary
of
main
socio-demographic trends of the past several decades; changes in
urbanization, education and ethnolinguistic fractionalization.
Brief review of trends in political
change: freedom and conflict http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/polsum.html
summary
of
trends
in freedom and conflict of the past several decades, changes in
political governance, freedom, armed conflict, refugees and
terrorism.
Brief review of world economic
trends http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/econ/econsum.html
summary
of
trends
in gdp, economic structure, poverty of the past several decades,
and a discussion of poverty.
Brief review of world trends in
technology: Part 1. Communication http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/tech1sum.html
Summary
of
trends
in TV, radio, newspapers, internet and phone use.
Brief review of world trends in
technology: Part 2. World Energy Production and Use http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/energ/energytrends.html
Summary
of trends in energy production and consumption, by type (e.g.,
oil,nuclear, hydroelectric).
Freedom Lost,
Freedom Gained.
http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/freedom/FreedomLostAndGained.html
This report charts trends in freedom from 1972 to
2014.
Context of change in the 21st century
http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/longterm.html
This report presents very long term patterns of change in
population and economic output, from 0 CE (common era) to 1998.
Also shows economic changes in the recent decades.
SELECTED
DATA
Data from above reports and other free to use data http://gsociology.icaap.org/dataupload.html
last updated November 2015