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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 modify variables in STATA using CLONEVAR RENAME and REPLACE i

Lucas Reis (9:25).

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Bivariate Regression Analysis With RCPA3 Package's RegC Function i

Video tutorial & demo by Barry Edwards for R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Ed. (10:30).

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From Aljaz Kuncic, covers 1990 - 2010.

Institutional Quality Dataset

Provides a data-based overview of EU politics..

VoteWatch Europe

Super diverse collection of datasets, unusual, interesting subjects, some related to politics.

Reddit Datasets

Aggregates over 1 million Americans' responses to the 'Most Important Problem' question using survey data from 1939-2020..

Most Important Problem Dataset

British opinion polls database from 1943-today, from Mark Pack..

PollBase

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A broad look at issues impacting democracy..

Democracy Works Podcast

Peer-reviewed journal devoted to research and criticism on race in the social sciences..

Du Bois Review, The

A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for the academic disciplines of International Relations and International Political Economy..

#OCCUPYIRTHEORY

Peer-reviewed journal from the Pennsylvania Political Science Association that publishes original research in all subfields of political science..

Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics & Policy

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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ORIGINAL PROJECT: Studying Presidents

Pres. Calvin Coolidge'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.