Sociology Resources

• Globalization, Communication and Society
• The Individual and Social Life
• Modern Organizations
• The Family
• Democracy
• Tradition and Social Change
• Social Theory
• Sociological Research     

Globalization, Communication and Society

Globalization

• Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations. The Fernand Braudel Center was founded in September 1976 to engage in the analysis of large-scale social change over long periods of historical time.
• Globalization: Myth or Reality?  . Lars Bo Kaspersen's reading list, Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University.
• International Forum on Globalization Homepage. The International Forum on Globalization was formed in response to the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system.
• Spoon Globalization from Below Links. Website concerned with globalization as a dynamic, contested and often contingent process.
• Global Economy 101. Website of Global Exchange, a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.
• Anthony Giddens, 2001-02 Director's Lectures. At the London School of Economics.
• Giddens on Globalization. BBC Reith Lectures 1999.
• Oneworld.net. World news by topic and country.
• The Polity Global Transformations text-site. Devised by David Held and Anthony McGrew.
• The Society for International Development
• The World Bank Development Forum. The Development Forum is an electronic venue for dialogue and knowledge-sharing among members of the development community.
• Assessing Globalization. Briefing Papers, World Bank Group.
• Documents relating to the process of globalization. Collected for the Mount Holyoke International Relations Program.
• Information Technology, Globalization and Social Development. Paper by Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology, and Professor of City and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley. Paper prepared for the UNRISD Conference on Information Technologies and Social Development, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 22-24 June 1998.
• Globalization. Compiled by Wai-keung Chung, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
• Globalization and the Postmodern Turn. By Douglas Kellner.
• Superculture for the Communication Age. By James Lull.
• Global Policy Forum. Provides resources and links on globalization and global governance, and monitors global policy making at the United Nations.
• International Relations and Security Network. Provides a database of sites concerned with global issues including security, international relations and economics issues.
• European Council on Refugees and Exiles. Organisation of countries working towards humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
• Human Rights Watch. Organization dedicated to protecting the human rights.
• ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union
• Amnesty International. Movement campaigning for human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.
• Management of Social Transformation Programme. A UNESCO research programme studying the effects of global change on local and regional levels with an aim to support efforts to cope with them.
• Development and Peace Foundation, Bonn (Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden). Provides useful links to global governance sites.
• Economic Policy Institute: Trade and Globalization. Non profit organization promoting public debate about strategies to achieve a fair economy.
• Tradewatch
• World Trade Organization
• NATO    

Communication

• The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
• Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Information Sources. John December's essential links organized, to help you explore Computer-Mediated Communication.
• The Media and Communication Studies Site. Daniel Chandler's Media and Communication Studies Site.
• Scope - Institute of Film Studies journal
• The Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• The Association for Progressive Communications
• Foundation for Information Policy Research
• The Modernist Journals Project
• News Watch
• The OECD Information and Communication Technologies webpage
• Electronic Frontiers Foundation
• Internet Resources for the Study of Communications. Compiled by Paul Star, Princeton University.
• The History of the Internet
• Michael Hauben's and Ronda Hauben's Netbook
• Bruce Sterling: Short History of the Internet
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• Vinton Cerf: How the Internet came to Be
• Bob Kahn: Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet
• Roads and Crossroads of Internet History
• Postmodern Virtualities. By Mark Poster.
• The Association of Internet Researchers. An academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies.
• Philip Agre's Homepage  . Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
• First Monday  . First Monday is one of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.    

Society

• UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society Entry Point
• Giddens on Risk. BBC Reith Lectures 1999.
• Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation
• Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
• The Modernity Resources Page
• Postmodern Culture Journal. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press with support from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
• The Rural Sociological Society. Founded to promote the study of rural life through teaching, research and extension.
• Urban Affairs Association. Encourages the dissemination of information about urbanism and urbanization.
• Urban Institute. Washington DC.
• Centre for Urban History. At the University of Leicester.
• OneWorld Foundation - the City
• Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority website
• Social Inequality and Classes. Compiled by Albert Benschop Department of Sociology University of Amsterdam.
• World Civilizations. About world cultures.
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• WCSU List: Sociology Internet Resources. Here you will find all kinds of information and discussions on cultural theory and cultural issues.
• PopCultures.com. A magazine of global culture.
• What is Culture?. Website exploring the concept of human culture.
• Virtual Communities. Internet resource concerning virtual communities.
• Stuart Hall on Virtual Communities. Martin Jacques interviews Stuart Hall.
• Howard Rheingold's Virtual Community Bibliography.
• The Contemporary British Society site. Devised by Nicholas Abercrombie and Alan Warde. Contains a useful glossary.
• Major Issues of the New Millennium. The Turning Point Project.
• Civitas International links. A non-governmental organization for civic education, aims to strengthen effective education for informed and responsible citizenship in new and established democracies around the world.
• UN Civil Society Website
• Knownet Initiative. Website about modern society as a knowledge society.
• Knowledge Work and Knowledge Society. The Social Transformations of this Century. Lecture by Peter F. Drucker.
• Global Warming Central a project of the Pace University School of Law Energy. The source for information on the Global Warming Debate.
• Friends of the Earth
• Greenpeace
• Environmental Organization Web Directory
• Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. UK environment webpages.
• Women's Environment and Development Organization. Organization seeking to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers.
• Centre for Population Studies. At the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
• United Nations Development Programme
• The Centre for Civil Society, LSE. The Centre for Civil Society seeks to improve understanding of the set of organisations located between the market, the state and household institutions that are variously referred to as non-governmental, voluntary, non-profit, or third-sector organisations, foundations, and social enterprises.
• Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture. Links and content oriented to the global community of ecological and natural building proponents.
• The Bauhaus Foundation Dessau. Interdisciplinary foundation studying economic, political, and cultural aspects of the complex physical settings in which we now live.