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Sites on the Welfare State
Essential web
sites
• Center
for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established
to promote democratic debate on the most important economic
and social issues that affect people's lives
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Employment and Social Affairs
The website of the European
Commission on Employment and Social Affairs. It includes
informations and analysis on employment, working conditions
and work organizations, social protection, civil society,
gender equality and on other topics related to social policies.
•
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions
The Foundation is a European Agency, set up by the European
Council in 1975 to contribute to the planning and design of
better living and working conditions in Europe
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EMIRE
The EMIRE database is the online version of the European Employment
and Industrial Relations Glossaries, which explain the national
industrial relations systems of the EU member states through
their terminology.
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Other web sites
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CareandHealth
CareandHealth is a private company aiming to facilitate and
promote professional information and communication exchange
within the social care and health sectors. The website includes
a database
that includes around 1600 links to social work and care related
sites
•
Care, Values and the Future of Welfare (CAVA)
Based at the University of Leeds, the ESRC Group on Care,
Values and the Future of Welfare (CAVA) was established in
1999 to deliver a five-year research programme on changes
in parenting and partnering and the implications of these
for future social policies
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Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting
Equity and Growth (CIPPEC)
CIPPEC is a private, non-profit organization that strives
to create a more just, democratic, and efficient State in
Argentina for the purpose of improving the quality of life
for all Argentine citizens
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Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
The Center on Social and Economic Dynamics transcends disciplinary
boundaries with innovative, unconventional research on economic
and social issues
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Centre for Research in Social Policy
The Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) is an autonomous
research centre based in the Department of Social Sciences
at Loughborough University. CRSP’s research has four
main themes: poverty and social exclusion; work and welfare
trajectories; policy evaluation; and the administration and
delivery of welfare services
• Centro
Studi Immigrazione (CESTIM)
CESTIM provides information to those interested in gaining
appropriate and in depth knowledge of the current migration
phenomena, with special focus on the Italian context
• Development
Trusts Associations (DTA)
DTA promotes the work of community enterprises in the United
Kingdom. Its aims are to strenghten civil society and improve
social welfare. It conducts research, publish a quarterly
information bulletin, and a range of other publications
•
Education and Training
The website of the European Commission on education and training.
It reports useful informations on the European programmes
and actions, and on European policies on education, training,
lifelong learning, learning abroad, new technologies.
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The Economic and Social Cohesion Laboratory
The Economic and Social Cohesion Laboratory (ESOC-Lab) is
a research unit within London School of Economics' European
Institute. The traditional areas that characterise ESOC-Lab
research initiatives include social capital, institution building,
socio-economic development, ex-ante evaluation of the socio-economic
impact of large investment projects, econometric modelling
and data bank construction, the evaluation of EU technical
training and labour market policies, and the future of regional
policy and enlargement in the European Union.
• European
Research Center on Migration & Ethnic Relations
ERCOMER is a European research centre with a strong interest
in comparative research in the fields of international migration,
ethnic relations, racism and ethnic conflict within the European
context. It is based at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht
University, the Netherlands
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Fondazione Zancan
Independent Italian Research Center on social policies and
the welfare state.
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Institute for Public Policy Research
British non profit research center on welfare state and social
policies
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Institute for Social and Economic Research
Centro di ricerca dell'Università di Essex, finanziato
dall'Università e dall'Economic and Social Research
Council
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International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Established in 1951 as an intergovernmental
organization to resettle European displaced persons, refugees
and migrants, IOM has now grown to encompass a variety of
migration management activities throughout the world
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one
of the largest social policy research and development charities
in the UK. The Foundation works in partnership with a large
variety of academic and other institutions to achieve its
aims. It also engages in practical housing and care work through
the Joseph
Rowntree Housing Trust
•
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion
This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social
exclusion in the UK and complements our annual monitoring
reports. The material is organised around 50 statistical indicators
covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work
to health and education
• National
Centre for Social Research
The largest independent social research institute in Britain.
Conducts social research among members of the public to provide
information on a range of social policy issues in Britain
• New
Policy Institute
A progressive think tank, founded in 1996, to advance the
cause of social justice in a market economy. Two major areas
of interest are modern society’s major services, from
health to finance and the tax and benefits system. Wholly
independent, they have neither financial backers nor political
patrons
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ODELUCE Project (Open and Distance Education and Learning
through University Continuing Education)
ODELUCE is funded by the Socrates Programme of the European
Community as part of the Minerva Action. Minerva seeks to
promote European co-operation in the field of Open and Distance
Learning and the role of communication and information technology
(C&IT) in Education
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Policy Brief
Policybrief is a co-operative web project to provide a 'one-stop-shop'
for all public policy initiatives in the UK
• Policy
Studies Institute
One of Britain's leading research institutes, aiming to promote
economic well-being and improve quality of life, particularly
through the evaluation of policy initiatives. Provides data
and analysis in support of policy-making, promotes the discussion
and exchange of relevant information and research findings
and organises workshops and other events at its central London
conference facilities
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Rokkan Centre for Social Studies - University of Bergen
The centre is affiliated to the University of Bergen via the
research company UNIFOB AS. It focuses primarily on welfare,
health and health care services, administration and management,
democracy and municipal structures, and knowledge, leadership
and working life
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SCHEMA Project (Social Cohesion through Higher Education in
Marginal Areas)
SCHEMA is a project funded by the European Commission under
the Joint Call orchestrated by the Educational Multimedia
Taskforce. The Project is co-ordinated by the University of
Stirling. Its main objective is to foster the skills of workers
through the use of Information Technologies
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University of York, Centre for Housing Policy
CHP was established in 1990 with the aim of being a centre
of excellence in policy relevant housing research. Committed
to research which explores the relationship between a wide
range of housing issues and other aspects of social policy
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