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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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How to Make a Scatterplot in R (with Regression Line) i

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Defining Concepts i

Teaching video by Philip Pollock & Barry Edwards for Essentials of Political Analysis, 7th Ed. (14:21).

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Produces data on a number of core thematic issues related to democracy, political rights and civil liberties..

Freedom House

A leading center for the quantitative study of politics at the Univ. of Michigan..

Center for Political Studies

Great resource on Congressional Committees.

Charles Stewart's Congress Data Page

One of the largest archives for research data of its kind, includes the European Election Database..

Norwegian Centre for Research Data

Data on the structure, members, budget, staff, committees and sitting days of the world's parliaments..

Global Parliamentary Report

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Governance for Development

Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics from Stephen Saideman..

Saideman's Semi-Spew

Devoted to research on representative assemblies..

Legislative Studies Quarterly

International journal dedicated to the study of elections and voting in different parts of the world..

Electoral Studies

(Taylor & Francis) Concentrates on the relation of political and policy theory to specific practices of governance..

Critical Policy Studies

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Pres. Andrew Johnson'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.