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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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Survey Weighting 3/4 i

Part 3 of 4-part workshop by Richard Valliant (1:08:25).

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Types of Experimental Designs i

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data on three primary transitional justice mechanisms - human rights prosecutions, truth commissions, and amnesties - for 109 democratic transitions in 86 countries around the world, from 1970-2012..

Transitional Justice Research Collaborative

The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world.

World Values Survey

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

Great resource on Congressional Committees.

Charles Stewart's Congress Data Page

Detailed information on the magnitude and location of events of one-sided violence in 20 civil wars.

Konstanz One-Sided Event Dataset

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Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa..

African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations

a leading forum for the discussion of contemporary issues impacting on judicial administration.

Journal of Judicial Administration

Published by the Urban Politics Section of the APSA..

Urban Affairs Review

An outlet for theoretically and empirically grounded research on policy process and policy analysis..

Policy Studies Journal

A source of informed analysis and comment for both professionals and academics..

Int'l J. of Public Opinion Research

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Pres. John Tyler's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress

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