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Agriculture in Southwest Donegal, 1983
By 1983, Irish agriculture was set within the wider context of the European Economic Community (now European Union) and not just the English market, and was the principal economic activity in Southwest Donegal.
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OpenLearn Ireland
The rural dimension – after rundale
How did the rural areas of Western Ireland change after the rundale system was replaced?
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Society, Politics & Law
Social construction and social constructionism
Within the field of social sciences the terms 'social construction' and 'social constructionism' are frequently used, particularly in relation to social policy. This free course, Social construction and social constructionism, will enable you to achieve a greater definition and understanding of these terms.
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Society, Politics & Law
Political ordering
This free course, Political ordering, asks questions about what states are and how they are involved in the processes of governing and ordering social life. Building from an awareness of just how much of everyday life involves the state, the course questions whether states have this authority to govern. It also asks about situations in which states may not be able to command such authority where their governing role is not accepted as legitimate.
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Society, Politics & Law
Timeline: The Criminalisation of Asylum
This timeline looks at the illegalisation of asylum seeking and the consequences it can have on people seeking sanctuary.
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Society, Politics & Law
The drug legislation dilemma
UK drug policy is “disastrous” says Open University Visiting Professor and former government advisor David Nutt. In a lecture at the OU the professor called for scientists to have greater input to the control of illegal substances.
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Society, Politics & Law
A short history of (mis)representing poverty
Use this tool to explore this short history of (mis)representing poverty
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Society, Politics & Law
Statistics and the law
With clean-up rates and reoffending numbers, discussions of crime often circle back to statistics. But are these 'facts' really such reliable witnesses?
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Nature & Environment
Transforming equality to fight climate change
Andrew Simms draws attention to the urgency of climate change and argues that redistribution and a rise in equality is essential for us to meet the challenge
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TV, Radio & Events
OU on the BBC: Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS?
Gerry Robinson faced the biggest business challenge of his life: an NHS hospital.