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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. .
Describing Ordinal-Level Variables i
Teaching video by Philip Pollock & Barry Edwards for Essentials of Political Analysis, 7th Ed. (4:06).
Creating a Case Number i
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Data from randomized experiments in the social sciences, as well as statistical code underlying published research results, surveys and documentation..
Datahub for Field Experiments in Economics and Public Policy
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Aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy..
V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy)
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Established in 1999 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, archives contain 103,280 documents related to the study of the Presidency..
American Presidency Project
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Collection of political and institutional country-level data. It consists of annual data for 36 democratic countries for the period of 1960 to 2015 or since their transition to democracy..
Comparative Political Data Set
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From Aljaz Kuncic, covers 1990 - 2010.
Institutional Quality Dataset
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Published by the Society for Policy Modeling as a forum for analysis and debate on policy issues. The Journal focuses upon the economic, social and political developments that now shape the world economy and the policies needed to improve them..
Journal of Policy Modeling
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Short articles to highlight developments on the continent and comment on the dynamics of protest, shifting patterns of political economy and issues of historical concern..
Rev. of African Political Econ. Blog
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Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking..
Journal of Peace Research
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Seeks to broaden the study of human rights by fostering the critical re-examination of existing approaches to human rights, as well as developing new perspectives on the theory and practice of human rights. .
Journal of Human Rights
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Devoted to research on representative assemblies..
Legislative Studies Quarterly
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ORIGINAL PROJECT: Studying Presidents
Portrait of President James Madison
Pres. James Madison'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.