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UCD Equality Studies Centre

Ionad Staidéar an Chomhionannais UCD

Equality Related Links

Note: Sites with lots of other links are marked with an asterix.

About this page
As we do not have the resources to maintain a full-scale library of equality-related links, what I have tried to do on this page is to identify a number of sites which do seem to have the resources for maintaining and constantly updating relevant links, together with some individual sites that strike me as interesting. The serious internet user will doubtless want to use search engines for more detailed searching. It would have been nice to be able to organise these links according to categories used by the Equality Studies Centre, but this does not seem to correspond entirely well to what's out there so the categories used above are a bit ad hoc.

If you find a good site which you think should be added here, or if you discover that one of the links no longer works, please let me know.

John Baker (email John.Baker@ucd.ie)

 

Activism

  • Amnesty International
    World-wide human rights campaigning organisation. This is the Irish site.

  • Committee on the Administration of Justice
    The CAJ is a human rights and civil liberties organisation for Northern Ireland whose membership is drawn from across the whole community. "The Committee seeks to secure the highest standards in the administration of justice in Northern Ireland by ensuring that the government complies with its responsibilities in international human rights law. The CAJ works closely with other domestic and international human rights groups such as Amnesty International, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch, and makes regular submissions to a number of United Nations and European bodies established to protect human rights."

  • Democratic Socialists of America*
    The largest socialist organisation in the US. Site includes extensive range of links available from button at top of page.

  • The Equality Trust
    (http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/)

    “Our task is to broaden and deepen people's understanding, change public attitudes and the climate of opinion, in order to bring more egalitarian pressures to bear on decision making in public and private institutions at all levels from the international to the local.”

    Includes a brilliant section on arguments for greater equality of income and wealth, drawing from Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level (Penguin 2009).

     

    Guerrilla Girls
    "The Guerrilla Girls are a group of women artists and arts professionals who make posters about discrimination. Dubbing ourselves the conscience of the art world, we declare ourselves feminist counterparts to the mostly male tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Batman, and the Lone Ranger. We wear gorilla masks to focus on the issues rather than our personalities. We use humor to convey information, provoke discussion, and show that feminists can be funny."

  • Human Rights Web
    A site which combines information on human rights resources with advice on how to be an effective human rights activist. For more scholarly resources, see below.

  • Irish Council for Civil Liberties
    ICCL is a non-governmental organization, which was founded in 1976. It works actively to promote a tolerant, inclusive, pluralist and secular society in Ireland.

  • McSpotlight
    Huge range of information about McDonalds and the longest libel trial in UK history, including text of the allegedly libellous leaflet. Includes information about Irish support group.

  • No Logo*
    Website for Naomi Klein's book No Logo.

  • Workers Solidarity
    Irish Anarchist organisation.

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    Ageism

  • Age and Opportunity
    Age & Opportunity is an Irish national agency which was set up in 1988 to change attitudes towards ageing. It works to enable and encourage older people to participate fully in the community and to create opportunities for older people to use their skills and talents to the common good. The range of activities is broad, reflecting the diversity of concerns, experience and abilities of this sector of the population.


    Development, Sustainability, and Global Inequality

  • Eldis
    Eldis is a “gateway to development information”, “provides summaries and links to online documents”, and “offers a directory of websites, databases, library catalogues and email discussion lists”.

  • Feasta, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
    "Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmaid, Tá deireadh na gciollte ar lár?"
    Feasta has been established to promote and popularise research that questions the present economic system of growth and proposes, both in theory and practice, an economics of sustainability. The economist Richard Douthwaite is the author of much of Feasta's writings and has written a small book on an alternative financial system.

  • OneWorld Online*
    'A meeting place for the International Community', featuring news, media, guides, education, 200+ partner organisations, gallery, action. "It's the world's biggest and best collection of multimedia material - that's text, graphics, audio and video - on development, the environment and human rights on the Web. It's also a partnership of many of the world's leading development agencies and charities." Excellent search facilities. A good place to start on oneworld issues.

  • United Nations
    Huge collection of material on the UN, including documents and other information.

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    • Disability and Equality

  • National Disability Authority (NDA)
    This is the official homepage of the NDA and offers links to disability-related resources, for example Irish legislation, while also giving information on the NDA Library which is the “most comprehensive collection of information dedicated to disability-related issues”.

      • Economic Inequality

    • Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)
      The Basic Income Earth Network is an international network of people interested in the idea of Basic Income, the payment to every permanent resident of a state of a regular income without reference to means, availability for work, etc. Besides providing information on basic income, the site also includes BIEN's newsletters, which contain announcements and an annotated bibliography of work on basic income. BIEN-Ireland is the subnetwork of BIEN in Ireland, and is facilitated by the Equality Studies Centre.

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      Economic Inequality in Ireland

    • You might well ask where the data are on Irish economic inequality. The answer is that there is hardly any available, and none (as far as I have been able to discover-please prove me wrong) on the web. The closest I could get is the Combat Poverty Agency which has information on poverty in Ireland. 

    • inequality.org
      Very accessible site containing information about economic inequality in the USA.

    • PovertyNet (The World Bank)
      "This site aims to be a resource on: (a) the relationship between distributional dynamics, economic growth, and poverty reduction; (b) the effect inequality might have on social outcomes and behaviors; and (c) current discussions and methodologies that might be useful for operational and research work." Contains a lot of information, further references, abstracts, links.

    • The Panel Study of Income Dynamics
      The PSID is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of US individuals and the families in which they reside. It has been ongoing since 1968. The data are collected annually, and the data files contain the full span of information collected over the course of the study. PSID data can be used for cross- sectional, longitudinal, and intergenerational analysis and for studying both individuals and families.

    • United for a Fair Economy
      "United for a Fair Economy is a national, independent, nonpartisan organization that puts a spotlight on the dangers of growing income, wage and wealth inequality in the United States and coordinates action to reduce the gap. We provide popular education resources, work with grassroots organizations, conduct research, and support creative and legislative action to reduce inequality." Very interesting site with lots of ideas for activism and campaigns.

    • US Census Bureau
      Lots of information about the US, including information on distribution of income and wealth. A good place to start is "Subjects: A to Z" at the top of the home page.

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      Egalitarian theory

    • Equality Exchange
      The Equality Exchange is an excellent academic website designed to stimulate research and foster communication about egalitarianism, to allow the members of the network to exchange their ongoing work in a convenient way and to enable anyone interested to get easy access to this information. It includes an extenisve list of publications of recent decades, downloadable unpublished manuscripts of papers and books, information about conferences and similar events, and the addresses of the members of the network.

    • Ted Honderich page
      Ted Honderich is a major contemporary political philosopher whose works include Violence for Equality and Punishment: The Supposed Justifications. This site is his personal site and includes the text of published and unpublished articles on equality (see "Papers from journals and the like").

      Ethnic minorities and indigenous people

    • Native Web*
      "A cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples." Includes links and bibliographies, mainly N and S American.

    • Pavee Point
      A partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working together to improve the lives of Irish Travellers through working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights. Site contains a number of excellent fact sheets and further information.

    • ERCOMER Virtual Library*
      This is a collection of links to major Internet resources in the field of migration and ethnic relations. It is part of the much larger WWW Virtual Library that covers many other subjects.

    • Migration Resources (MigRes) at the European University Institute
      MigRes provides information useful for interdisciplinary research on migration and migrant communities, as well as on asylum, immigration policy and initiatives targeted at the incorporation of migrants.

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      General

    • Brecht Forum*
      This page presents a substantial number of links to subject areas such as politics, labour rights, anti-racism, economics, social policy and ecology. It focuses on international organisations and sites, research and study centres, media and arts, along with other resource and links pages.

    • ERIC
      This site indexes journals, articles, documents and reports in the field of education.

    • Pinakes*
      This site offers a gateway to many subject areas, which in turn, lead to further search engines and resources. It is good in the sense that you have one gateway for interdisciplinary research.

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      Human Rights

    • Human Rights Internet*
      The Human Rights Internet site provides a space for the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community, offering a number of links to NGO and international organisation websites and publications.

    • The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library*
      A collection of over 25,000 documents including the most important international human rights treaties and other instruments; general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of human rights treaty bodies; material on the work of other UN human rights bodies, including the Commission and its Sub-Commission; the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; decisions and advisory opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; material from the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Asylum Branch of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; material on human rights in Africa, human rights education materials, human rights bibliographies; and links to other human rights sites. The treaties and general comments are accessible through a WAIS search device. A very professional-looking one-stop shop for everything to do with human rights.

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      Institutes and Programmes similar to the UCD Equality Studies Centre

    • A. E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change
      The Center envisions a social order committed to individual freedom and equality, democracy and social justice. The Center contributes to these goals through research, theory and policy analysis that draw on the varied traditions of critical social thought.  It organizes a Visiting Scholars Program, conferences, on campus programs, and outreach via the media and through collaboration with and consulting for off-campus organizations.

    • Centre for Disability Studies
      CDS is an interdisciplinary centre for teaching and research in the field of disability studies at the University of Leeds (England). The Centre incorporates and develops the work of the Disability Research Unit (DRU) and aims to promote international excellence within the field. Includes an excellent archive of writings on disability.

    • Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism
      An interdisciplinary forum for research on issues of equality; in particular, equality and equal treatment of members of different ethnic, national, and religious groups.

    • Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice
      The Centre was formed in 1998 to provide a more integrative perspective on existing scholarship in criminal justice, socio-legal studies, poverty and social exclusion. It has an extensive programme of research and consultancy and offers opportunities for postgraduate research.

    • Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice
      "CSSGJ offers a space for reflection, education, and research in many different facets of social and global justice."

    • Centre for the Study of Social Justice
      "The Centre for the Study of Social Justice is a forum for Oxford's distinguished grouping of political theorists to share their expertise, collaborate on research projects, and publicise their work to the broader academic and policy-making community."

    • Equality and Discrimination Centre
      Centre for teaching, research, and advocacy on issues of equality and discrimination.

    • Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK)
      Independent research organisation in the United Kingdom specialising in the economics of taxation and social security, poverty and inequality and economic analysis of households and companies.

    • Institute for Public Policy Research
      Founded in 1988, the Institute for Public Policy Research is Britain's only independent, left-of-centre think tank, seeking new answers to the economic, social and political challenges of the 21st century. Among its publications are Equality (1997) and SocialJustice (1994).

    • LAMBDA Institute of Gay and Lesbian Studies
      The LAMBDA organization promotes research into lesbian and gay issues and lifestyles for the purpose of public education.

    • Mansfield Institute for Social Justice Studies
      Offers undergraduate minor at Roosevelt University and supports research and outreach in social justice studies.

    • The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice
      The Wilkins Center is a research, teaching, and community outreach arm of the Humphrey Institute. Open discourse on issues of race and justice are promoted through the Wilkins Dialogue Series for Minnesota communities of color. The Wilkins Forum, a small group of national leaders -- academics, civil rights activists, and policymakers -- meets twice each year for debate, discussion, and problem solving on racism and the widening racial and ethnic economic inequality in America and abroad. Center research focuses on discrimination: in mortgage lending and refinancing, in arrests, in earnings, and on what works and what doesn't work in racism prevention programs.

    • Social Justice Education Program at University of Massachusetts Amherst
      Progressive programme on social justice education offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes.

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      Irish Politics and Agencies

    • The Equality Authority
      Agency charged with equality-promoting activities under the Employment Equality Act of 1998 and Equal Status Act of 2000.

    • Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)
      "The Combat Poverty Agency is a state agency working for the prevention and elimination of poverty and social exclusion" and the site contains a link to the CPA library.

    • Voluntary and Community Sector Database*
      This database, set up by Comhairle “as a resource for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Ireland”, offers a substantial amount of information for people interested and involved in this sector. Information on everything from funding, to managing volunteers, to a directory of organisations is supplied through this site.

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        Law and Equality

      • US Supreme Court web pages
        Information about major constitutional cases heard and decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, including details about the questions and opinions in these cases, and digital recordings of the Court's proceedings.

      • European Legislation and Treaties
        This site contains EU legislation and treaties in HTML and PDF format.

      • Irish Legal Information Initiative
        This site, run by UCC Law Faculty, offers information on leading Irish cases, Irish legislation, along with other services, for example, a periodical index.

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        Participatory Democracy

      • Charter 88
        "Charter 88 is a pressure group for the reform of our system of government. Our aim is a culture of active citizenship." Includes an interactive survey of your views on British democracy.

      • Minnesota E-Democracy
        Minnesota E-Democracy is a non-partisan citizen-based volunteer project, whose mission is to improve Minnesota's democracy through the use of information networks. It seeks to increase citizen participation in elections and public discourse through online civic forums and collections of important information.

      • Teledemocracy Action News + Network*
        A website primarily dedicated to the creative use of electronic media in all forms that directly empower citizens to have meaningful input into the political system.

      • Project Vote Smart
        A "Voter's Self-Defense System" that includes a zip-code-based system for finding out who your representatives are and what they have done, including comprehensive voting records for national representatives.

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          Periodicals & News Services

        • THE AMERICAN PROSPECT (A Journal for the Liberal Imagination)
          Seems to have a number of interesting articles on Inequality in America.

        • The Boston Review (A Left Center of Gravity Magazine of Ideas)
          Boston Review is a bimonthly magazine of culture and politics with a broadly progressive outlook, edited by egalitarian theorist Joshua Cohen. One particular issue of the Boston Review contains an article by prominent leftist economist and theorist John Roemer on "Equality and Responsibility" together with responses from a range of well-known commentators. Definitely worth reading for egalitarian theory.

        • The Guardian
          The Guardian online edition. Includes good archive search engine.

        • The Irish Times
          The Irish Times online edition. Includes good archive search engine.

        • New America Media
          "New America Media is the country’s first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations...NAM’s goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive public discourse in our increasingly diverse, global society."

        • Left Business Observer
          LBO is a newsletter on economics and politics. This site collects some sample articles, background information, a list of back issues, and some tasteful self-promotion.

        • Mother Jones Magazine
          Radical magazine published in San Francisco.

        • New Internationalist
          New Internationalist "exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material and spiritual needs of all are to be met." As well as selections from the magazine, site includes a "comprehensive directory of all the organisations, campaign groups, educational institutions, individuals and agencies working on the issues that NI supports."

        • Pacifica Radio
          Founded in 1946 Pacifica Radio's mission was "To promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression...To contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations, races, creeds and colors...To promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints...To maintain an independent funding base." It continues to have as its prime aim to "Provide news, public affairs and cultural programming of a quality to inspire and mobilize listeners toward positive social change." The site carries transcripts and RealAudio clips of Pacifica programmes plus real-time broadcasting.

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          Progressive Internet Networks

        • The Association for Progressive Communications
          "The Association for Progressive Communications is a global network of non-governmental organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication  technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability."

        • ZNet*
          "ZNet is a community of people concerned about social change and eager to learn from, enjoy, and work with one another. It is an interactive home base for progressives, a launch pad for research and study, and an interactive center for exchanging information, developing ideas, and jointly pursuing shared agendas. ZNet includes robust educational offerings, socially responsible internet guides, audio and publishing functionality and archives, socializing facilities, Z Magazine article archives and search engines, activism updates and campaigns, research tools, and especially interactive forums including, among their regular participants, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Albert, Katha Pollitt, and Howard Zinn."

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          Racism and Anti-Racism

        • All Different All Equal
          The European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) website contains a large amount of information about action against racism including information about international instruments and organisations, national legal frameworks, good practice, history, and a users' forum.

          • Note: Sites with lots of other links are marked with an asterix.

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