Sociology Links

Agencies

NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)

• NGO Cafe
• NGO Worldline

Political Agencies

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Agency for International Development
• A-Z List of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
• USA.gov: Cross Agency Portals
• Political Science Resources on the Web: Think Tanks
• Think Tanks and Public Interest Organizations

Social Agencies

• Amnesty International
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• Comic Relief
• Doctors Without Borders
• Greenpeace
• Habitat for Humanity
• International Red Cross
• ProLiteracy Worldwide
• UNICEF
• United Way
• World Vision International

American Minority Groups

General Resources

• Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

African-Americans

• Census Bureau Minority Links: Black or African American
• Harlem History
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Asian-Americans

• Census Bureau Minority Links: Asians

Hispanics or Latinos

• Census Bureau Minority Links: Hispanics or Latinos

Native Americans

• Census Bureau Minority Links: American Indians and Alaskan Native Population
• Native networks: online information about film, video, and radio produced by indigenous people of the Americas and Hawaii
• NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the world
• We the people: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States: Census 2000 Speical Reports

Pacific Islanders

• Census Bureau Minority Links: Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders

Appalachian Studies

Anthropology

Colonialism

• The British Empire
• Classics of American Colonial History
• United Nations and Decolonization
• World Statesman: Index of Possessions and Colonies

Family

General Resources

• The Adoption history project
• American Bar Association: Tables Summarizing Family Law in All Fifty States
• SocioSite: Family and Children
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• SOSIG: Sociology of the Family
• U.S. Department of Labor: Compliance Assistance: Family and Medical Leave Act

Gay/Lesbian Studies

• The Advocate
• Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
• Human Rights Campaign
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• ONE national gay & lesbian archives
• PFLAG: Parents, Familes, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Reconciling Ministries Network

Men's Studies

• American Men's Studies Association
• Men's Movements and Men's/Masculinity Studies

Stay-at-Home Fathers

• Slowlane.Com: The Online Resource for Stay at Home Dads

Stay-at-Home Mothers

• Mocha Moms Online

Telecommuting

• International Telework Association & Council

Women's Studies

• Feminist theory Website
• Women's Studies Database
• WSSLinks: Women's Studies Resources

Working Mothers

• Working Mom's Refuge

Genocide

• Genocide Studies Program

Armenia

• Armenian Genocide
• Armenian National Institute

Bosnia

• United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Holocaust

• Concentration Camps
• Holocaust Survivors
• Shoah Foundation
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rwanda

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Reflections on the Genocide in Rwanda

Geotourism

• National Geographic Sustainable Destinations Resource Center

Globalization

• Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

Global Injustice

• Forced Migration Online

Global Minorities

Africa

• Africa
• Minorities at Risk: Sub-Saharan Africa

Australia

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Europe

• Minorities at Risk: Western Democracies and Japan

Former U.S.S.R.

• Minorities at Risk: Post-Communist States

Latin America

• Latin America
• Minorities at Risk: Latin America and the Caribbean

Middle East

• Middle East - Culture
• Minorities at Risk: Middle East and North Africa
• Minorities in the Middle East

Global Conflict

• Exploring Global Conflict
• Global Conflict Map
• Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

Human Origins

• Mapping Human History: Discovery of the Past

Human Rights

• European Court of Human Rights
• Human Rights Watch
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Indigenism

• The Story of Africa
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies

Inequality

Classism

• Class Action -- Classism Issues
• Classism

Colonialism

• Colonialism and Nationalism in Southeast Asia
• Statistics on the Extent of European Colonialism

Heterosexism

• The Heterosexism Enquirer
• Recognizing Homophobia and Heterosexism
• Sexual Prejudice: Understanding Homophobia and Heterosexism

Racism

• Racism
• World Conference on Racism

Sexism

• FAIR Archives: Sexism
• Literature on Gender and Sexism

Organizations and Associations

• American Men's Studies Association
• American Sociological Association
• Eastern Sociological Society
• International Sociological Association
• Peace and Justice Studies Association
• Rural Sociological Society
• Society for Applied Sociology
• Southern Sociological Sociology

Popular Culture

Books

• The Harry Potter Phenomenon Revealed

Fashion

• Popular Culture: Fashion

Film

• Popular Culture: Film

General Resources

• American Popular Culture
• Americana: Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture
• Law in Popular Culture

Magazines

• Popular Culture: Toys, Magazines, and Miscellaneous Forms

Music

• Popular Culture: Music

Sports

• Popular Culture: Sports

Television

• AnimeResearch.com
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Popular Culture: Television

Social Change

• Urban Poverty Center
• Global Society Change Research Project
• Grantmakers Without Borders

Social Development

Community

• Community Development Society
• Office of Community Planning and Development
• Urbanicity.org
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Economic

• Economic Development Administration
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

Global

• Data Query: World Bank Group
• Directory of Development Organizations
• ELDIS: Gateway to Development Information
• Global Development Research Center
• USAID

Rural

• National Rural Development Partnership
• Rural Development Leadership Network
• USDA Rural Development Homepage

Social Theories

• Dead Sociologists' Society
• Weberian Sociology of Religion

Sociological Research

General Resources

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• The Question Bank: Social Surveys Online
• Research Methods and Statistics
• Social Science Data Analysis Network
• Social Science Research Network
• Social Statistics Briefing Room
• U.S. Census Bureau

Opinions and Polls

• American Attitudes: Americans and the World
• European Public Opinions
• Pew Global Attitudes Project
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• PollingReport.com: Public Opinion Online
• Statistical Resources on the Web: Sociology
• World public opinion.org
• World Values Survey

Sociology -- General Resources

• International Institute of Social History
• Intute: Social Sciences
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
• Public Agenda Online
• Social Science Data Archives
• SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
• Sociological Tour through Cyberspace
• Sociology Resources
• WWW Virtual Library: Sociology

Welfare

• Economic Success Clearinghouse
• USASearch.gov: Welfare
• National Center for Law and Economic Justice

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