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Political Science Data Podcast: African Politics Today i

(21:07) This episode shares data-driven insights about African Politics. It covers a variety of studies, addressing issues like technology, state infrastructure, foreign relations, economics, ethnicity, the legacy of colonialism, and democracy. .

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Testing Heteroscedasticity With Breusch-Pagan Test i

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Voter Behavior in the U.S. i

Discussion between Phil Converse and Bill Jacoby (25:40).

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Research and other initiatives related to the theme of citizenship in its legal, political, and social dimensions.

Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite)

From the National Archives Federal Register.

Executive Order Data

Datasets on the lobbying activities of major companies..

LobbyView

Advances scholarship on international politics, security, and trade that advances peace and prosperity, maintains a suicide attack database..

Chicago Project on Security and Threats

Supports advances in election science by collecting, analyzing, and sharing core data and findings..

MIT Election Lab

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Thoughts on quantitative research on war from Mike Spagat..

War, Numbers and Human Losses

Interviews with political scientists about their research in the context of bigger developments in politics and society..

Political Science? No Problem Et Al.!

Research on local politics, policy, public administration and management and governance..

Local Government Studies

Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa..

African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations

Official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association..

Australian Journal of Political Science

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Pres. Zachary Taylor's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress

This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents. See index.