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Each observation in the National Level Party Systems dataset (NLPS) and the District Level Party Systems dataset (DPLS) is the party system at the national or district level, respectively, in a given election. In addition to conventional measures like the effective number of parties are variables such as the size of the largest party, list type, and the vote shares for presidential candidates. .
National and District Level Party Systems Datasets
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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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the definitive source, contains over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided between 1946 and 2012..
Supreme Court Database
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Allows users to access and retrieve information on trade and tariffs, from the World Bank..
World Integrated Trade Solution
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Measures allegations of states' violations of the Convention Against Torture published by Amnesty International (AI) during the years 1995 to 2005..
Ill-Treatment & Torture (ITT) Data Collection Project
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(Sage Publishing) Research on British politics.
British J. of Politics & Int'l Relations
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primary focus is the study of elections and voting systems; but it has a general interest in all matters relating to the theme of "representative democracy".
Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy
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The official publication of the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
State Politics & Policy Quarterly
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An international, peer-reviewed open access journal that focus on comparative research in migration, integration, and race and ethnic relations..
Comparative Migration Studies
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Published by the African Association of Political Science with the aim of providing a platform for African perspectives on issues of politics, economy and society in Africa..
African Journal of Political Science
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