Title: Centre for the Study of Global Governance

Source/Sponsoring Agency: London School of Economics. Centre for the Study of Global Governance

URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/

Date Checked: 7/12/2007      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 6/21/2007

Topics: Economics; Environmental Law; Human Rights Law; International Law

Other keywords: Globalisation; Globalization

Contents: The Centre for the Study of Global Governance has a scholarly presence on the web devoted to content rather than graphics. The Centre, housed at the London School of Economics since 1992, is dedicated to the “research, analysis and dissemination about global governance” and to “encourage interaction between academics, policy makers, journalists and activists, and to propose solutions.” The Centre is quite transparent and displays the backgrounds of its members, noting prestigious grant awards that help fund their efforts. The key components of the site reflect the stated mission of the Centre: News, Research Themes, Teaching Events, Publications, About Us, Press Site, and Contact. All pages are up to date, except the Press site which was last updated in 2005. Otherwise the Centre generally presents full text of materials for recent lectures, debates, papers, classes, conferences, and publications under the "Research Themes" of Global Governance, Globalisation, Global Civil Society, Global Security, and Regions. The parameters for research cover a wide spectrum of politically hot issues, from global warming and AIDS in Africa, to historical topics such as peace movements during the Cold War. A search feature and site index round out the convenient navigation features.

Author of Annotation: J. Callihan