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CHAPTER ONE: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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.political.resources.net

PolitInfo.com - political resources, news, information and links

http://www.politinfo.com/

Richard Kimber’s Political Science Resources, Keele University - links to politics sites

http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

Working Paper Sites of Political Science - links to on-line working papers in politics

http://www.workingpapers.org/

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

Documents Center, University of Michigan Library – web political science resources

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html

 

 

CHAPTER TWO: THE STATE

Europa, European Union - gateway to the European Union

http://europa.eu

Fund For Peace - profiles of failed states

http://www.fundforpeace.org/

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/

Transparency International - publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index

http://www.transparency.org/

Third World Network - development and the third world

http://www.twnside.org.sg

World Bank - ranks countries by income and ease of doing business

http://www.worldbank.org

http://www.doingbusiness.org

World Trade Organization - administers the multilateral rules of international trade

http://www.wto.org

 

 

CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY

Freedom House - widely-used country ratings of democracy, civil liberties and the press

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=1

Democracy Coalition Project - s eeks open democratic societies around the world

http://www.demcoalition.org/2005_html/home.html

Direct Democracy, University of Geneva - a n 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 – developing democratic practices at national and regional levels

http://www.ichrdd.ca/site/

 

 

CHAPTER FOUR: AUTHORITARIAN RULE

The Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China - website

http://english.gov.cn

Dictator of the Month - a rogue’s gallery

http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/English/English_welcome.htm

The Doctrine of Fascism - by Benito Mussolini, coauthored with Giovanni Gentile

http://faculty.smu.edu/bkcarter/THE%20DOCTRINE%20OF%20FASCISM.doc

Marxists Internet Archive - background on Marxist thinking

http://www.marxists.org/

Transparency International - corruption, which inevitably overlaps with authoritarian rule

http://www.transparency.org/

 

 

CHAPTER FIVE: THE COMPARATIVE APPROACH

Committee on Concepts and Methods - International Political Science Association

http://www.concepts-methods.org/

Comparative Methods in Political and Social Research - David Levi-Faur's course

http://poli.haifa.ac.il/~levi/method.html

Small-NCompass - systematic cross-case analysis

http://smalln.spri.ucl.ac.be/

Society for Political Methodology - American Political Science Association

http://polmeth.wustl.edu/

 

 

CHAPTER SIX: POLITICAL CULTURE

Bowling Alone.com - the website of Putnam’s book

http://www.bowlingalone.com/index.php3

Civic Practices Network - a learning collaborative for civic renewal

http://www.cpn.org/

Daniel Elazar Papers Index – papers on American political culture

http://www.jcpa.org/dje/index-apc.htm

Saguaro Seminar, Harvard University - building civic engagement in America

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/index.html

 

 

CHAPTER SEVEN: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Infobase - a resource on communication

http://www.ccms-infobase.com/

Reporters without Borders - f or 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 - a cross-national and policy perspective

http://www.unesco.org

 

 

CHAPTER EIGHT: 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/

 

 

CHAPTER NINE: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

American Sociological Association - c ollective Behavior and Social Movements

http://www2.asanet.org/sectioncbsm/

CIVNET, Civitas International - an online resource for civic education practitioners

http://www2.asanet.org/sectioncbsm/

The Communitarian Network - for individual rights and social responsibility

http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/index.html

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 - t he 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 – advocates ‘meaningful electoral choices’ for the USA

http://www.fairvote.org/

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

http://www.idea.int/

 

 

CHAPTER ELEVEN: 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://www.mynra.org/

http://www.nraila.org/About/

Brady Campaign – ‘leading the fight to prevent gun violence’

http://www.bradycampaign.org/

 

CHAPTER TWELVE: POLITICAL PARTIES

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 THIRTEEN: CONSTITUTIONS AND THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

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/en/index.htm

International Criminal Court - the official site

http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html&l=en

Political Database of the Americas - constitutions and more in the Americas

http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/constudies.html

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet - numerous links

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/conlaw.html

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - the 1948 Declaration in over 300 translations

http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/

 

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE

Forum on Federations - seeks to enhance federalism’s contribution to democracy

http://www.forumfed.org/

Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University - Research on federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada and beyond.
http://www.iigr.ca/iigr.php/index.html

International Association of Centers for Federal Studies - An association of centers for federal studies
http://www.iacfs.org/index.php?page=1&lang=0

Centre for Studies on Federalism - promotes research on federal studies

http://www.csfederalismo.it/User/index_en.html

Committee of the Regions, European Union – a voice in the EU for regions

http://www.cor.europa.eu/

 

 

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: LEGISLATURES

Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull - research about legislatures

http://www.hull.ac.uk/cls/

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - the parliaments of the Commonwealth

http://www.cpahq.org/

Inter-Parliamentary Union - information 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 AND ADMINISTRATION

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 - Promotes effective public administration and efficient civil services

http://www.unpan.org/

Verstehen: Max Weber’s home page - a site for undergraduates, by Frank Elwell

http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm#words

 

 

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: PUBLIC POLICY

National Institute for Research Advancement - public policy institutes and publications

http://www.nira.go.jp/

Economics and Cost Analysis Support, Environment Protection Agency, USA - Analytical guidance on estimating the costs and benefits of environmental policy http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/about.html

The Brookings Institution - independent research and policy solutions

http://www.brookings.org

Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank - evaluation of support for capacity building http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/africa_capacity_building/?goog=32