This is an official website of NATO – click here. It was created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 2009. It includes free access to a timeline of key events, and primary source documents, historic photographs, posters, leaflets and documentary footage of important summits The online multimedia resources include historic film of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and a collection of black and white documentaries made about the original member nations in the 1950s. There is also a history class section which contains a series of 6 online lectures by Dr. Jamie P. Shea, Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO. These can be used to provide a basic introduction to NATO history and development.
Source: LIS-SOCIALSCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

The London Summit 2009 (as you’ve undoubtedly heard) aimed to bring together members of the G20, representatives of developing and developed nations and the major international financial organisations to discuss global solutions to the economic downturn. Key topics include coordinated plans to revive the global economy and escape the recession and credit crunch; to deliver progress on the Washington Action Plan to build better financial and banking systems, and the reform of international financial institutions such as the IMF.

The website provides information on the aims, participants and activities of the summit. It includes press releases, full text statements, reports and policy papers associated with it. Also available are associated blogs (many maintained by the Digital Diplomacy Group in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Flickr photographs and YouTube videos from the British government.
Source: LIS-SOCIALSCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

For details of the The Economist’s new theme park click here (released on Apr 1st).

Humanitarian intervention after Kosovo : Iraq, Darfur and the record of global civil society / Aidan Hehir.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
INTERNAT. RELATIONS XB 52 HEH

Qualitative research methods for the social sciences / Bruce L. Berg.
Boston ; London : Allyn & Bacon, 2009.
PUBLIC POLICY H 61 BER

Explaining federalism : state, society and congruence in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany and
Switzerland / Jan Erk.
London : Routledge, 2008.
PUBLIC POLICY JC 355 ERK

Global democracy : for and against : ethical theory, institutional design and social struggles / Raffaele Marchetti.
London : Routledge, 2008.
PUBLIC POLICY JC 423 MAR

Key factors for economic success in industrial nations : a statistical analysis / Lawrence Margolis.
Lewiston, N.Y. ; Lampeter : Edwin Mellen Press, c2008.
ECONOMICS D 30 MAR

The new paradigm for financial markets : the credit crisis of 2008 and what it means / George Soros.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.
ECONOMICS F 11 SOR

North and South in the world political economy / edited by Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson.
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
ECONOMICS H 45 REU

The international mobility of talent : types, causes, and development impact / edited by Andrés Solimano.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
ECONOMICS V 85 SOL

The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is an ESRC Resource Centre, based at the Institute of Education, University of London. CLS houses three of Britain’s internationally-renowned birth cohort studies:

1. 1958 National Child Development Study
2. 1970 British Cohort Study
3. Millennium Cohort Study

The US Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system is maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  EDGAR performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The new programe running from 22 April to 27 July is available here. Anyone is welcome to attend LSE’s public lectures, where some of the most influential figures in the social sciences can be heard. Events are generally free and open to all, with entry on a first come, first served basis – unless otherwise stated.

For ticketed events, go to www.lse.ac.uk/events and fill in the online booking form to obtain a ticket. Alternatively, call the public lecture theatre line on 020 7955 6100, leaving your name, address and the title of the lecture.