SOC 32210-800 Researching Society (Jones): Websites
Grammar
Need a review of basic grammar rules? These sites will help build your knowledge of grammar.
Chomp Chomp (Interactive grammar reviews)
Grammar Gold (very basic grammar rules)
Web resources
Seraching Google for quality articles can be a daunting task. Here are a few articles that meet the 5 criteria for evaluating web resources.
These web sites offer a variety of insights to social inequality.
- Global Research.ca: Centre for Research on Globalization
Poverty and Social Inequality: The Global Research web page publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focusing on social, economic, strategic and environmental processes.
- Income: US Census Bureau
- National Center for Children in Poverty
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. NCCP uses research to inform policy and practice with the goal of ensuring positive outcomes for the next generation. We promote family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels.
- National Coalition for the Homeless
The National Coalition for the Homeless works to bring about the systemic changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness and to protect the rights of people experiencing homelessness by engaging in policy advocacy.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to: 1) Support sustainable economic growth 2) Boost employment 3) Raise living standards 4) Maintain financial stability 5) Assist other countries' economic development and 6) Contribute to growth in world trade.
- Planet in Peril: Battle Lines
Special Reports from CNN
- The World Bank: IBRD and IDA Working for a World Free of Poverty
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The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.
- United for a Fair Economy
United for a Fair Economy is a national, independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart.
- World Socialist Web Site
The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938.
The WSWS aims to meet the need, felt widely today, for an intelligent appraisal of the problems of contemporary society.
Congressional Research Service Report: The U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility: Trends and International Comparisons, November 2012Congressional Research Service Report: Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945, September 2012
Congressional Research Service Report: Changes in the Distribution of Income Among Tax Filers Between 1996 and 2006 December 2011