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Theory & Concepts:
The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition. Classic introductory text, clear writing, helps students learn, great ancillaries. More info.

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Racial Segregation in American Prisons: How Widespread?
Racial segregation seems to be standard practice in prison. Prisoners are assigned to cells or cell block based on their race. Separating prisoners by race is deemed necessary for safety, […]

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Political Behavior: .Publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, institutions, processes, and policies.

Power 3.0: .Explores how savvy authoritarian governments survive and thrive, and the ways that democracies are contending with this challenge.

Center for Global Development Podcast: .Exploring smart policies for a better world.

Perspectives on Politics: .Seeks to provide a space for broad and synthetic discussion within the political science profession and between the profession and the broader scholarly and reading publics.

Social Science History: .seeks to advance the study of the past by publishing research that appeals to the journal's interdisciplinary readership

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Data Sites

Reddit Datasets: .Super diverse collection of datasets, unusual, interesting subjects, some related to politics

Greifswald Comparative Politics: .See projects and datasets

Climate Change & African Pol. Stability: .This program analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security, see data page

Global State Revenues & Expenditures: .Developed at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: .Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles with Replication Data Online

Blue Endorsements Matter: How the Fraternal Order of Police Contributed to Donald Trump's VictoryMichael Zoorob (2019)

Conservatism in the Era of TrumpMichael Barber; Jeremy C. Pope (2019)

Does the @realDonaldTrump Really Matter to Financial Markets?Allyson L. Benton; Andrew Q. Philips (2020)

Global Racist Contagion Following Donald Trump's ElectionMarco Giani; Pierre-Guillaume Méon (2021)

The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite CommunicationBenjamin Newman; Jennifer L. Merolla; Sono Shah; Danielle Casarez Lemi; Loren Collingwood; S. Karthick Ramakrishnan (2021)

Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump SupportLilliana Mason; Julie Wronski; John V. Kane (2021)

Trump-ing Foreign Affairs: Status Threat and Foreign Policy Preferences on the RightRachel Blum; Christopher Sebastian Parker (2019)

Does Party Trump Ideology? Disentangling Party and Ideology in AmericaMichael Barber; Jeremy Pope (2019)

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Authors with Datasets

Wimmer, Andreas .Columbia University

Harden, Jeffrey .University of Notre Dame

Jensen, Nathan .Professor, University at Texas Austin

Gottlieb, Jessica .

Sekhon, Jasjeet .UC Berkeley.

Malhotra, Neil .

Druckman, James .Northwestern Univ., see replication data on publications page.

Troeger, Vera .University of Warwick, see replication data

Gerring, John .

Elkins, Zachary .

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