Democracy and Diversity Links
Is a very selective list of some of the internet resources which are
found by Will Kymlicka the most useful in working on issues of
ethnocultural diversity and democratic theory. He writes “Rather than
trying to develop a comprehensive list of such resources, I have simply
picked the handful of sites under each heading which are most useful,
either because of the original or detailed information they provide, or
for the comprehensive set of links they provide.”
http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~philform/democracydiversitylinks.html
MINELRES - Minority Electronic Resources
- directory of resources on minority human rights and related problems of
the transition period in Eastern and Central Europe. Contains links to
international organizations, NGOs, research organizations, human rights
sources relevant to the topic. Organizes papers and other on-line
information according to countries and according to minority groups. Also
has links to relevant bibliographies on-line and selected publications
on-line. List of NGOs dealing with minority rights and not only for some
countries of Eastern Europe and FSU organized according to countries
(sometimes links to NGOs in other cases information for contacting them).
http://www.riga.lv/minelres
Statewatch database: Statewatch, London, UK
"Statewatch database monitors the state and civil liberties in the UK and
Europe [...] The database contains over 21,000 entries, with news,
features, books, pamphlets, reports, EU resolutions and agreements,
debates in the UK House of Commons & Lords, and the European Parliament,
reports on cases in the European courts, and the Institute of Race
Relations: European Race Audit."(ERCOMER Virtual Library). The Database
contains information, news and reports on East and Central Europe as well.
http://www.statewatch.org/
The Balkan Human Rights Web Pages
- administered by Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group - Greece
- Contains news, publications, special issues, reports, links to relevant
sites and a mailing list: BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS L I S T S E R V providing
regularly human rights news from the Balkans. Contains information of
human rights and minority rights issues in the countries of the Balkans:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus,
Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Information
concerning human rights in the Balkans coming from all major international
human rights organizations is centralized here and organized by countries.
Contains many many reports, articles, documents, press releases,
interviews and links to all major human rights organizations active in the
region.
http://www.greekhelsinki.gr
UNITED
(a voluntary cooperation of more than 500 organizations from 40 European
countries working together - in the biggest anti-racism network for the
rights of refugees and migrants an end to racism, fascism, nationalism and
discrimination) for Intercultural Action European network against
nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees.
Contains on-line publications , information on conferences, campaigns and
links to organizations and institutions that are active in the field of
anti-nationalism, anti-racism, anti-fascism and the support of migrants
and refugees ( broken down to different countries)
http://www.united.non-profit.nl
ERCOMER
The European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations exists to
promote the scientific study of migration (including asylum seekers),
racism and ethnicity, to support relevant research training, to
disseminate information and promote communication between researchers.
Site contains: a virtual library with links to research centers, research
programs, research related sites, academic departments and courses,
journals and newsletters, other publications, conferences and meetings,
data archives, documentation centers, mailing and discussion lists,
government and international bodies, NGOs, other sources of information
and related WWW virtual libraries. It has an on-line news letter and
operates two mailing lists.
http://www.ercomer.org
INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict and
Ethnicity in Russia.
INCORE, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
"This Guide to Internet Resources provides an overview of the various
sources one could use to find information on any issue relating to
ethnicity, nationalism, or ethnic conflict in Russia. The range of sources
is rather wide, including many sites that are not focused on these themes
especially, but might prove useful at some point in one's research. The
Guide is subdivided in categories such as 'Email Lists and Newsgroups',
'News Sources', 'Academic Centers’, ‘Programs and Institutes', 'Academic
Articles', 'NGOs', and 'Maps'. A second, revised version of the Guide is
currently in the making. " [ Description ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/russia.html
Multicultural Sky Scraper
"The Multicultural Sky Scraper (MSS) Web Site is
a virtual environment which offers access to WEB Sites that have to do
with media and the portrayal in them of ethnic minorities. It promotes the
equal opportunities in the access to the media of all cultures and ethnic
minorities. The Multicultural SkyScraper project is financed by DG5 and is
developed in the framework of "More Colour in the Media" project. A list
of the institutes and organisations that are relative to the category each
door represents, as well as links to their Web Sites, appear." The
information is available according to the following categories: media
center, portrayal, employment, education, research, funding and products.
The site contains codes, declarations, recommendations relevant to
multicultural media, resources, information on projects, training and
employment.
http://www.multicultural.net/index1.htm
Patrin Home Page
"Everything you want to find concerning the Roma around the world."
Contains information on the history of the Roma, Romani customs and
traditions, Roma in culture and the arts, Roma in the holocaust, list of
Roma organisations, Romani rights and links to organizations protecting
Romani rights, and news connected to Roma. Has a annotated bibliography of
literature concerning Roma, and several articles and books online.
Contains links representing political, social and cultural web sites from
around the world. Patrin it is argues "supports the role of Roma
organisations in furthering the political, legal and civil rights of all
Roma" (source: the homepage). Patrin also operates a mailing list.
http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/links.htm
Minority Rights Database
"The University of East London Minority Rights Database is a legal
database which contains international documents on minorities, judicial
decisions by international fora on minority rights in different states, a
recommended reading list on the area of minority rights and some
information on the related topics of self determination, equality and
discrimination under international law, as well as a set of links to other
related Web sites. The purpose of the database is to act as a resource and
guide to this area of law for students, academics and practitioners. The
project was developed at the University of East London in 1995 and it is
expected that the database will expand and be updated regularly." (source:
the site)
http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/mr/min.html
European Ethnohistory Database
"This is a rather unique look at Europe that traces the history of ethnic
groups, their affinities, and languages. It has been compiled by Dr.
Robert R. Sokal and his colleagues (see Published Papers) and has been
used for the analysis of both genetic and linguistic variation in
humans…describes the movements and locations of 891 ethnic units (each a "gens"
or an archaeological assemblage) from 2200 BC to 1970 AD" (source: the
site). Database can be accessed on-line
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/msr/ethno.html
REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies
The REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on the
Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus, Central Asia, Central Europe,
the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former
Soviet Union. Information organized according to subject fields and
countries, there is some data also on ethnic groups
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb
H-Ethnic
Part of H-Net which is an "interdisciplinary organization of scholars
dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet
and the World Wide Web. H-ETHNIC encourages scholarly discussion of ethnic
history; immigration and emigration studies and makes available diverse
bibliographical, research and teaching aids." Operates a discussion list.
" H-ETHNIC posts a variety of academic announcements such as calls for
papers and conference announcements. There is also information on
bibliographies, exhibition announcements, resources, syllabi and
dissertations, archive and manuscript collections, academic programs and
internet links of interest to H-ETHNIC subscribers. H-ETHNIC regularly
commissions scholarly reviews of books and monographs central to the field
[available on-line]." (Source: the site)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~ethnic/ |
- International level
organizations, ingos
- National level ngos, bodies,
organizations
- Research centers,
universities, projects operated by them
- Mailing lists, discussion
lists
- Journals, newsletters
- Virtual databases, meeting points
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