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Best international news programmes: A list
Published by December 30th, 2008 in Current Affairs, Podcasts & webcasts and Useful Links (by topics). 2 CommentsAn effort to build a list of good international news programmes to get news from diverse perspectives Over the last few years, I have developed an interest in international affairs. Unfortunately, International English news sources were dominated by channels in USA and Britain. BBC and CNN that were available widely had some high quality programmes [...]
Babasaheb Ambedkar’s works online: Books, articles, talks
Published by December 11th, 2008 in Books, articles & talks, Early institutional theorists, India and Useful Links (by topics). 3 CommentsA growing collection of Ambedkar’s works are available online at Ambedkar.org Ambedkar is easily one of the finest Indian thinkers ever. Academically, he has a degree in law, a Masters in economics (from London School of Economics), and a doctorate in social sciences (from Columbia University). At Columbia he majored in sociology and economics for [...]
Designing a course on ID: Syllabus collection
Published by November 23rd, 2008 in Institutional economics and Useful Links (by topics). 0 CommentsAny course on the role of institutions in development has to cross disciplinary barriers. Since most social sciences have something to say on this topic, there are a lot of resources to borrow from. This page presents a collection of syllabi from different universities that can inform syllabus design on institutions and development. This is [...]
Institutional ethnography resources
Published by November 23rd, 2008 in Useful Links (by topics). 0 CommentsProf. Marjorie DeVault hosts a website on institutional ethnography (see URL below). To quote her, “Institutional ethnography (IE) is a method of inquiry that allows people to explore the social relations that structure their everyday lives. It was first developed as a “sociology for women,” by Dorothy E. Smith, and is now being used by [...]
Babasaheb Ambedkar’s works online: Books, articles, talks
Published by May 20th, 2008 in Books, articles & talks, Human rights, India and Useful Links (by topics). 0 CommentsA growing collection of Ambedkar’s works are available online at Ambedkar.org Ambedkar is easily one of the finest Indian thinkers ever. Academically, he has a degree in law, a Masters in economics (from London School of Economics), and a doctorate in social sciences (from Columbia University). At Columbia he majored in sociology and economics for [...]
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