CHAPTER ONE: POLITICAL CONCEPTS
Global Gateway, Library of Congress - links to resources on the world’s countries
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
IPSAportal - top 300 sites in political science
http://ipsaportal.unina.it//final.html
Political Resources On The Net - links to politics sites
http://www.politicalresources.net
Richard Kimber’s Political Science Resources, Keele University - links to politics sites
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
World Factbook, CIA - country profiles, regularly updated
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Zárate’s Political Collections - world leaders since 1945
http://terra.es/personal2/monolith/home.htm
Committee on Concepts and Methods - A research committee of the International Political Science Association
http://www.concepts-methods.org/
Comparative Politics - Sites of working papers in political science
In your search engine, enter, ‘Political Science Sites of Working Papers - Comparative Politics Working Papers’
New Political Science - An organized section of the American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/~new/
Rational Choice Theory - An essay by John Scott
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~scottj/socscot7.htm
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH STRATEGIES
Committee on Concepts and Methods - A research committee of the International Political Science Association
http://www.concepts-methods.org/
Comparative Methods in Political and Social Research - David Levi-Faur’s course materials
http://poli.haifa.ac.il/~levi/method.html
Society for Political Methodology - The political methodology section of the American Political Science Association
http://polmeth.wustl.edu/
Europa - European Union Gateway to the European Union
http://europa.eu
Global Policy Forum - Useful material on nations and states
http://www.globalpolicy.org/
Human Development Report - Publishes the Human Development Index
http://hdr.undp.org/
Third World Network - Development and the Third World
http://www.twnside.org.sg
Transparency International - Publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index
http://www.transparency.org/
World Bank - Ranks countries by income and ease of doing business
http://www.worldbank.org
World Trade Organization - Administers the rules of international trade
http://www.wto.org
Freedom House - Widely used country ratings of democracy, civil liberties and the press
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Democracy Coalition Project - Seeks open democratic societies around the world
http://www.demcoalition.org/2005_html/home.html
Direct Democracy, University of Geneva - An interdisciplinary approach to the study of direct democracy
http://c2d.unige.ch/
Journal of Democracy - Accessible scholarly articles on the current position of democracy around the world
http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/
National Endowment for Democracy - Supporting freedom around the world
http://www.ned.org/
Rights & Democracy - Seeks to develop democratic practices, institutions and culture at national and regional levels
http://www.ichrdd.ca/site
CHAPTER SIX: AUTHORITARIAN RULE
The Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China - The Chinese government’s website
http://english.gov.cn
Dictator of the Month - A rogue’s gallery
http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/English/English_welcome.htm
Marxists Internet Archive - Background on Marxist thinking
http://www.marxists.org/
Transparency International - Focuses on corruption, which inevitably overlaps with authoritarian rule
http://www.transparency.org/
CHAPTER SEVEN: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Bowling Alone.com - More Americans are bowling but not in leagues
http://www.bowlingalone.com/
Civic Practices Network - A learning collaborative for civic renewal
http://www.cpn.org/
Daniel Elazar Papers Index, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs - Papers on American political culture
http://www.jcpa.org/dje/index-apc.htm
Saguaro Seminar, Harvard University - Building civic engagement in America
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/saguaro
CHAPTER EIGHT: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Reporters without Borders - For press freedom
http://www.rsf.org/
Freedom House - Press freedom by country
http://www.freedomhouse.org
International Federation of Journalists - The world’s largest organization of journalists
http://www.ifj.org/
Index on Censorship - For free expression
http://www.indexonline.org/
Pew Center for Civic Journalism - Advancing good journalism
http://www.pewcenter.org/
UNESCO Information and Communication - Empowering people through the free flow of ideas and by access to information and knowledge
http://www.unesco.org
CHAPTER NINE: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
American Sociological Association - Section on collective behavior and social movements
http://www2.asanet.org/sectioncbsm/
CIVNET, Civitas International - An online resource for civic education practitioners
http://www.civnet.org
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) - Includes valuable publications on political participation
http://www.idea.int/
CHAPTER TEN: ELECTIONS AND VOTERS
Inter-Parliamentary Union - The PARLINE database provides election results
http://www.ipu.org
IFES - Supports the building of democratic societies
http://www.ifes.org/
Center for Voting and Democracy - Promotes voter turnout, fair representation, inclusive policy and meaningful electoral choices in the USA
http://www.fairvote.org/
Comparative Study of Election Systems - A collaborative program of survey research among election study teams from around the world
http://www.umich.edu/~cses/
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) - Supports sustainable democracy worldwide. An informative site with a practical focus
http://www.idea.int/
American National Election Studies - Data on voting, public opinion and political participation to serve research needs
http://www.electionstudies.org/
ECPR Standing Group on Political Parties - communication among scholars of parties
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/spire/sgpp/index.html
Parties and Elections in Europe - database on European elections, parties and leaders
http://www.parties-and-elections.de/
Political Organizations and Parties Section - American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/~pop/
CHAPTER TWELVE: INTEREST GROUPS
Influence - chronicles the relationship between lobbyists and their clients in the USA
http://www.influence.biz/
opensecrets.org - a guide to money in American elections
http://www.opensecrets.org/
National Rifle Association – ‘the right of all law-abiding Americans to … use firearms’
http://home.nra.org/#/home
http://www.nraila.org/About/
Brady Campaign – ‘leading the fight to prevent gun violence’
http://www.bradycampaign.org/
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CONSTITUTIONS AND LAW
Constitution Finder - Constitutions and charters
http://confinder.richmond.edu/
European Court of Justice - The official site and links to national sites
http://curia.europa.eu/
International Criminal Court - The official site
http://www2.icc-cpi.int/
Political Database of the Americas - Constitutions and much more in the Americas, North and South
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/constudies.html
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - The 1948 Declaration
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE
Centre for Studies on Federalism - Promotes scientific research, information and diffusion of knowledge, documentation and education in studies of federalism.
http://www.csfederalismo.it
Forum on Federations - Seeks to enhance federalism’s contribution to maintaining and constructing democracy
http://www.forumfed.org/
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen’s University - Research on federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada and beyond
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/
International Association of Centers for Federal Studies - An association of centres for federal studies
http://www.iacfs.org/
Committee of the Regions, European Union - Provides local and regional authorities with a voice in the European Union. Includes online studies
http://www.cor.europa.eu/
Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull - Research, publication and education about legislatures
http://www.hull.ac.uk/cls/
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - The parliaments of the Commonwealth
http://www.cpahq.org/
Inter-Parliamentary Union - The leading information source on, and links to, national parliaments
http://www.ipu.org/english/home.htm
Legislative Studies Quarterly - Includes titles and abstracts of articles in the journal
http://www.uiowa.edu/~lsq/
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE
AmericanPresident.org - the history and functions of the American presidency
http://www.americanpresident.org/
Cabinet Office, UK - an informative site, not least on cabinet committees
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
Center on Institutions and Governance, University of Berkeley - research on institutions
http://igov.berkeley.edu/about.html
President of Russia - an informative site
http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Administrative and Civil Service Reform, World Bank - civil service reform
http://www.worldbank.org
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies - regulatory programs and proposals
http://www.aei-brookings.org/
Sigma Programme - supporting improvements in governance and public management
http://www.sigmaweb.org/
United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
http://www.unpan.org/
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: PUBLIC POLICY
Economics and Cost Analysis Support, Environment Protection Agency, USA – costs
and benefits of environmental policy
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/index.html
The Brookings Institution – an organization devoted to research and policy solutions
http://www.brookings.org
Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank – an evaluation of Bank support for public sector capacity-building in Africa over 10 years
http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/africa_capacity_building/?goog=3208
CHAPTER NINETEEN: POLITICAL ECONOMY
Glossary of Political Economy Terms - by Paul M. Johnson, Auburn University
http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/
International Forum on Globalization - the ‘restructuring of global politics and economics’
http://www.ifg.org/index.htm
Martin Wolf, Financial Times - influential columns by a leading commentator
http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martinwolf
World Bank - An informative site on development policy
http://www.worldbank.org/
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