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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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Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout..
United States Election Project
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Programs for the documentation and Web-based analysis of survey data, including ANES and GSS..
Survey Documentation and Analysis
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Measures levels of political violence and terror that a country experiences in a particular year based on a 5-level "terror scale" originally developed by Freedom House..
Political Terror Scale
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precise research methodology to calculate a Legislative Effectiveness Score for each member of the House of Representatives.
Legislative Effectiveness Project
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From Aljaz Kuncic, covers 1990 - 2010.
Institutional Quality Dataset
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The leading peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of international law relating to forced migration. .
International Journal of Refugee Law
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Focuses on short articles that are easily accessible but that are also methodologically rigorous..
Research & Politics
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LSE US Centre's regular online audio show on US politics, policy, and research..
Ballpark, The
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(Taylor & Francis) An interdisciplinary journal of political science and history that features articles on Congress, the President, the interaction between the two institutions, and national policy-making..
Congress & the Presidency
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One of the flagship journals in the study of public policy, European politics and the EU..
Journal of European Public Policy
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Pres. Andrew Johnson's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
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