I am interested in a list of graduate school programs (i.e.
post-bachelor's) that meet the following criteria:

 * The graduate programs are not located in the United States (i.e.
they may be located anywhere in the world, just not in the U.S.)
 * English is used as the primary language for teaching
 * Language skills (other than English) are NOT a requirement for
admission
 * The programs have preferably achieved some degree of academic
notoriety (i.e. they should not just be known by the local
inhabitants)
 * The programs relate to one or more of the following disciplines: 
sociology, economics, economic development, anthropology,
international relations, political science.  (interdisciplinary
programs that stretch across some or all of these social sciences are
prefered)

Such a list would be much appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

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Clarification of Question by raga-ga on 18 Sep 2003 17:05 PDT

Note:  The listed programs may be graduate-level study abroad programs
hosted by American universities OR universities that are based abroad.
 An ideal answer would include both.

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Request for Question Clarification by gwagner-ga on 18 Sep 2003 17:12 PDT

Hi Raga,

Thanks for your interesting question. How many programs were you
looking for? Pretty much every graduate program in the UK, for
example, would qualify, for example.

gwagner-ga

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Clarification of Question by raga-ga on 18 Sep 2003 23:09 PDT

Hi gwagner,

Thanks - yes, this needs elaboration.  I'm looking for at least 40 or
50 programs from which I can narrow down on my own.  My difficulty at
present is not knowing which programs in other countries are
considered excellent in the social science fields I mentioned (i.e.
point 4 from the original question; I should emphasize this point).  
Given your most appropriate follow-up question, let me elaborate. 
Preferably the list would contain at least:

 * 5 to 10 places in the UK that are well-respected in these fields
 * a handful (e.g. 4 or 5) of programs in Canada
 * 10 or so programs elsewhere in Europe (Western and/or Eastern)
 * a handful of programs in Africa
 * a handful of programs in South America
 * a handful of programs in India and/or Nepal

No need to consider other countries that are not in the above list
(e.g. Australia, Costa Rica, etc.).

Many thanks,
Raga

Dear Raga, 

United Kingdom
==============
The top ten programmes in economics, as ranked by the Guardian
("Economics" <http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/unitable/0,11985,721693,00.html>),
are:
1. Cambridge (www.cambridge.ac.uk)
2. York  (www.york.ac.uk)  
3. Warwick (http://www.Warwick.ac.uk/)   
4. Oxford  (http://www.ox.ac.uk/) 
5. Birmingham  (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/)  
6. London School of Economics   (www.lse.ac.uk)
7. Essex  (http://www.essex.ac.uk/)  
8. Nottingham http://www.Nottingham.ac.uk/   
9. University College London  (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/)  
10. Bath (http://www.bath.ac.uk/)

The top ten programmes in sociology, according to the Guardian
(http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/unitable/0,11985,721703,00.html)
are:
1. Birmingham   
2. Warwick   
3. York  
4. Edinburgh - http://www.edinburgh.ac.uk/   
5. Sussex   http://www.sussex.ac.uk/  
6. Stirling  http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/
7. Glasgow   http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/   
8. Aberdeen   http://www.aberdeen.ac.uk/   
9. Loughborough   http://www.Loughborough.ac.uk/   
10. Essex  


Canada
======
The most reputable schools in Canada that offer graduate programmes in
Social Sciences, were extracted from an analysis of McLean's ranking
(http://www.macleans.ca/universities/article.jsp;jsessionid=KKICHPKNGGLN?content=20030626_161018_2476)
with various cross-data:

1 Guelph http://www.uoguelph.ca/ 
2 Waterloo  http://www.uwaterloo.ca/ 
3 Simon Fraser  http://www.sfu.ca/ 
4 Victoria http://www.uvic.ca/ 
5 Memorial  http://www.mun.ca/ 
*6 Regina  http://www.uregina.ca/ 
*6 York http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/index.htm 
8 New Brunswick http://www.unb.ca/ 
9 Carleton http://www.carleton.ca/ 
10 Concordia http://www.concordia.ca/  
11 Windsor http://athena.uwindsor.ca/ 
University of Toronto - http://www.utoronto.ca/ 

Europe
======
As you could imagine, there is no central listing of top European
universities. My colleague Rainbow-GA accumulated a list of reputable
universities in the Former -USSR Republics that offer programmes in
Social Sciences (Top 10 Universities in Former Soviet Union/NIS
EXCLUDING RUSSIA http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=242553).
Here's a selection:

Ireland: The language of instruction in all of the universities in
Ireland is English. Ranking:
University College Cork http://www.ucc.ie/ 
Dublin City University http://www.dcu.ie/ 

France: 
American Graduate School   of International Relations and Diplomacy -
http://www.agsird.edu/index.htm - of the famed American University of
Paris (http://www.aup.edu/).

Germany: 
Ranking of Social Sciences Universities is available here:
http://www.daad.de/deutschland/en/2.2.9.html?module=Hitliste&do=show_l1&esb=29&order_right=&order_left=5
List of universities granting degrees in English in Social Sciences is
available here: http://www.daad.de/deutschland/en/2.2.4.8.html

Integration between the two: 
 HU Berlin   - http://www2.hu-berlin.de/bgss/
 Uni Bayreuth  - Master of Arts: Intercultural Anglophone Studies
(MAIAS) - http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/anglistik/MAIAS-1.html
 Uni Freiburg  - Global Studies Programme -
http://www.global-studies.de/
Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences - Master of Social Work
in Intercultural Conflict Management -
http://www.asfh-berlin.de/~eisa/msw/

EPU - http://www.aspr.ac.at/welcome.htm Advanced International Study
Program for Peace and Conflict Transformation - Master / Certificate


Africa
======
The American University of Cairo (Egypt) - http://www.aucegypt.edu/ 

Wits University - http://www.wits.ac.za/ 

University of Cape Town - http://www.uct.ac.za/ 

University of South Africa - http://www.unisa.ac.za/


Latin America
=============
Both in Africa and Latin America, there are very few universities that
are world renown, and even less that has an English language programme
in the area you chose. Many American universities offer programmes in
South America, but not degree programmes.

University of Sao Paulo - which is one of the best universities in
America (according to http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/rank-America.mht),
offer an International Cooperation programme in Economics:
http://www.fea.usp.br/recursos/ccint/english/information.htm


India/Nepal
===========
Asiaweek ranks (http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/universities/schools/rank_by_country.html)
two Indian universities as past of their list of the best in Asia:
Jawaharlal Nehru University - http://www.jnu.ac.in/ 
University of Delhi - http://www.du.ac.in/ 


Further Information
===================
The Association of American International Colleges and Universities 
http://www.aaicu.org/

Ranking of the best universities in the world -
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm (seriously biased in ranking against
Social Sciences, since they count Nobel Prizes, which don't exist in
most social sciences, but still a good source).

I hope that answered your question. Search terms I've used (please
note, that when a certain country's name appears, it doesn’t mean that
I didn't search for other countries with the same method):
[Suffix country's name - see in the site
http://www.phonebookoftheworld.com/world/world.htm] and ["degrees in
English" English] as in: Argentina:
://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aar+%22degrees+in+english%22+english&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off

[Suffix country's name - see in the site
http://www.phonebookoftheworld.com/world/world.htm] and ["language of
instruction" English] as in Argentina
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=site%3Aar+%22language+of+instruction%22+english>

"Best universities" "Latin OR south America" 
"Best universities" "India OR Nepal" 
"South Africa" ranking university 

related:www.upeace.org/ (and other searches for sites related to UN
and European universities)

Argentina "language of instruction" English

Europe "graduate programs in English" 

"Language of instruction" English "social sciences" 

uk ranking "social sciences" 

If you need any further clarifications on this answer, please let me
know, before you tip/rank it.

Great answer!  BTW, Guardian rankings were from 2002.  2003 rankings
are available and are a bit different, but all of the info you
provided served as great leads.  Thanks.

Raga - Thanks for the rating and the tip!