Articles and Online Resources
Useful links to articles, websites and resources for further research by subject.
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Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives
- Theory Talks - http://www.theory-talks.org/ (compilation of relatively short interviews with leading IR theorists)
- Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - http://www.econlib.org/library/CEECategory.html (short articles on a variety of concepts and thinkers in economics)
Part 2: Evolution
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook - http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/modsbook.asp (Database of historical sources available online, covers virtually all subjects in world history, hosted at Fordham University)
- Wilson Center Digital Archive - http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/ (Collection of primary sources on international history, mostly government documents)
- Images of Colonialism - http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/colonialism.cfm (Collection of paintings and photographs of colonial history, hosted by Harvard Libraries)
Part 3: Dynamics
Chapter 6: Trade
- WTO http://www.wto.org (official site of World Trade Organization) UNCTAD
- thttp://unctad.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx (official site of UN Conference on Trade and Development)
- Office of the US Trade Represnetative: http://www.ustr.gov (US government office handling international trade issues)
- Fair trade International http://www.fairtrade.net (NGO promoting Fair Traid)
- International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development: http://ictsd.org (NGO providing information on international trade issues)
- International Chamber of Commerce: http://www.iccwbo.org (NGO representing interests of international business)
- Consumers International: http://www.consumersinternational.org (NGO working on behalf of consumer interests)
- CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/
- CATO Institute: http://www.cato.org/research/trade-policy (Article on trade policy)
Chapter 7: Production
- World Investment and Risk Report http://www.miga.org/resources/index.cfm?aid=3227 (World Bank report on investment and political risk)
- Word Investment Report http://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World Investment Report/WIR2012_WebFlyer.aspx (UNCTAD’s annual World Investment Report)
- Global Production http://www.global-production.com/index.htm (consultant rankings of countries FDI environment)
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Competitiveness index http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-competitiveness
(World Economic Forum’s ranking of country’s competitiveness) - Chicago Tribune ‘McDonald’s Food You Can’t Get Here’ (2012): http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world-photogallery.html
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OECD 'Foreign Direct Investment: Main Aggregates' www.oecd-ilibrary.org/content/data/data-00338-en
Guardian: 'MPs attack Amazon, Google and Starbucks over tax avoidance’: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/dec/03/amazon-google-starbucks-tax-avoidance - ILO: ‘Export Processing Zones Growing Steadily’ www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_007997/lang--en/index.htm
Chapter 8: Finance
- IMF http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm (Official site of the International Monetary Fund)
- BIS http://www.bis.org (Official site for Bank of International Settlements)
- Attac http://www.attac.org/en (NGO working on taxing financial transactions)
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Grameen Bank http://www.grameen-info.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=8&Itemid=170
(Original microcredit bank) - Consultative Group to Assist the Poor - http://www.cgap.org/ (Main international policy group promoting microfinance and financial inclusion)
- Microfinance Gateway - http://www.microfinancegateway.org/ (Operated by CGAP, major database of publications on microfinance)
- Tax Justice Network - http://www.taxjustice.net/ (NGO working on tax avoidance)
- Global Financial Integrity - http://www.gfintegrity.org/ (NGO working on illicit financial flows)
- Center for Financial Stability - http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/index.php (Think tank on financial regulation)
- CNN Money: www.money.cnn.com
- Americans for Financial Reform - http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/ (American NGO advocating for financial sector regulation)
- UNICEF: "The Progress of Nations 1999" www.unicef.org/pon99/pon99_5.pdf (Article on the effects of national debt on children)
Chapter 9: Labour
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International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
(official site of International Labour Organization) - ITUC http://www.ituc-csi.org (main international trade union body)ARMC http://www.amrc.org.hk (Hong kong NGO working on Asian labour issues)
- Labour Start http://www.labourstart.org (News on trade union issues around the world)
- Anti-Slavery International http://www.antislavery.org/english/ (NGO campaigning against modern slavery)
- Women Working Worldwide http://www.women-ww.org (NGO working on women’s labour issues)
- Southern Initiative on Globalization and Trade Union Rights, http://www.sigtur.com (alliance of mainly southern trade unions)
- Labordoc - http://labordoc.ilo.org/?ln=en (Website for the ILO’s library, thousands of publications from the ILO and other organizations on labour issues, most available free online)
- China Labour Bulletin - http://www.clb.org.hk/ (Hong Kong-based NGO publishing reports and information about labour issues in China)
- Guardian: ‘The Future of Greece Rests on a Phone Call’ www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/18/greece-debt-phone-call
- NY Times: ‘Electronic Giant Vowing Reforms in China Plants’ www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/business/apple-supplier-in-china-pledges-changes-in-working-conditions.html?emc=eta1
Chapter 10: Gender
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UN Women http://www.unwomen.org
(Official site of UN Womens’ organization) - AWID http://www.awid.org (women and development NGO network)
- Gender Gap http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-gender-gap (World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report)
- WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment, Empowering and Organizing) - http://wiego.org/ NGO working on women in the informal economy
- Economist: "The (2006) ‘A Guide to Womenomics: The Future of the World Lies Increasingly in Female Hands’" www.economist.com/node/6802551
- ILO: 'Global Employment Trends: BRIEF (2006)' www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getb06en.Pdf
- UNFPA: 'State of World Population 2008. Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights' http://www.unfpa.org/swp/
Chapter 11: Development
- World Bank http://www.worldbank.org (Official site of World Bank Group)
- UNDP http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home.html (Official site of UN Development Programme)
- UNICEF http://www.unicef.org (Offical site of UN Children’s Fund)
- Third World Network http://twnside.org.sg (A southern based NGO working on development issues)
- Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.uk (A northern based NGO working on development issues)
- South Centre http://www.southcentre.org (Think tank created by developing country governments)
- SDGs - https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs (Official UN website on SDGs)
- Beyond 2015 - http://www.beyond2015.org/ (Web platform for NGOs involved in consultations on SDGs)
- Guardian: ‘World Bank Names US-nominated Jim Yong Kim as president’ (2012) www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/16/world-bank-president-jim-yong-kim
- World Bank: ‘Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (39 Countries)’ (2012) http://go.worldbank.org/4IMVXTQ090
Chapter 12: Environment
- United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/default.asp
- International Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch (latest on climate change science)
- One Planet Living http://www.oneplanetliving.org/index.html (WWF site on sustainable living)
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Carbon footprint calculator http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm
(Nature Conservatory’s carbon footprint calculator) - Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/ (Environmental NGO)
Chapter 13: Ideas
- Nobel Prize http://www.nobelprize.org (official site of Noble Prize
- Intelectual Property Watch http://www.ip-watch.org/about (news stories on IPR issues)
- ETC http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/patents-biopiracy (NGO working on biopiracy)
- WikiLeaks http://wikileaks.org
- ICT (United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies): ‘ICT Facts and Figures’ (2001) www.itu.int
- Project Syndicate: ‘The Phony Attack on Climate Science’ (2010) www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-phony-attack-on-climate-science
Chapter 14: Security
- Interpol http://www.interpol.int (International Police Organization)
- SIPRI: http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/transfers/publications/links/research_org (list of research organisations and NGOs working on arms issues compiled by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)World Health Organization http://www.who.int/csr/en/ (WHO’s Global ALert and Response page for epidemics) Food and Agricultural Organization http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm (UN group delaing with food security issues)
- La Via Campesina –. http://viacampesina.org/en/ (world peasant organization working on food security issues and rights of small farmers)
- OECD www.oecd.org/ctp/taxcrimes (info on tax crimes published by OECD)
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime - https://www.unodc.org/ (Division of the UN focused on transnational crime)
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UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/TOC Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf
Chapter 15: Governance
- UN Global Compact http://www.unglobalcompact.org (official site of Global Compact)
- G-20 http://www.g20.org (official site of G-20 countries)
- European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm (official site of the European Union)
- BRICS Summit: http://www.bricsindia.in (website featuring news from the summit of BRICS countries.)
- World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org (gathering or world elite)
- World Social Forum: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php?cd_language=2 (gathering of orld social movements)
- Transparency International http://www.transparency.org (Anti-corruption NGO)
- Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org (human rights NGO)
- BRICS Information Centre http://www.brics.utoronto.ca/ (Online collection of official documents, media reports, academic research etc. on the BRICS Organization, operated by a team at U of T)
- The BRICS Post http://thebricspost.com/ (News aggregator website focusing on the BRICS countries)