The Perils and Promise of Contemporary African Politics: Insights from Research

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on African politics.

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African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations: .Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.

African Affairs: .Published on behalf of the Royal African Society, the top ranked journal in African Studies, an inter-disciplinary journal with a focus on the politics and international relations of sub-Saharan Africa.

Rev. of African Political Econ. Blog: .Short articles to highlight developments on the continent and comment on the dynamics of protest, shifting patterns of political economy and issues of historical concern.

Ufahamu Africa: .Life and politics on the continent.

African Security: .Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not only from the more traditional approaches to security studies but also from more novel and innovative perspectives.

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African Politics Data Sites

Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan Africa: .From the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Statistics South Africa: .Data on people, economy, and living conditions.

Africa Information Highway: .Multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats.

Nat'l Institute of Statistics of Rwanda: .Collects and archives key national data.

Index of African Governance: .From the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

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Replication Datasets for New Articles

Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter-Driven Accountability in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari, +2 more authors (2023 est.) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 9, datasets: 19, other files: 36, PDF files: 2, text files: 1

Channels for Influence or Maps of Behavior? A Field Experiment on Social Networks and CooperationNoah Nathan, +1 more author (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 30, PDF files: 3, text files: 4, datasets: 1, other files: 1

Civil War and Citizens' Demand for the State: An Empirical Test of Hobbesian TheoryRobert Blair (2022) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 2

Deepening or Diminishing Ethnic Divides? The Impact of Urban Migration in Kenya*Eric Kramon, +3 more authors (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 3, PDF files: 1, datasets: 7, text files: 1

Political Determinants of Economic Exchange: Evidence from a Business Experiment in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, other files: 2, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

Surrounded and Threatened: How Neighborhood Composition Reduces Ethnic Voting Through IntimidationTed Enamorado, +1 more author (2022) PSRM, more info.

Closing the Gap: Information and Mass Support in a Dominant Party RegimeMelina R Platas, +1 more author (2021) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, PDF files: 1

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Authors with Datasets

Horowitz, Jeremy .

Bhandari, Abhit .

Robinson, Amanda Lea .Ohio State University

Blattman, Chris .Harris School of Public Policy at the Univ. of Chicago, see datasets on research page.

de Kadt, Daniel .

Kramon, Eric .

Gottlieb, Jessica .

Larreguy, Horacio .

Ricart-Huguet, Joan .

Van der Windt, Peter .NYU - Abu Dhabi

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