Getting Better All the Time? What We Know from Comparative Politics Research

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

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ORIGINAL PROJECT: U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call VotesPres. Van Buren's Positions:
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QUIZ YOURSELF: What are term limits?

A statute or constitutional provision that places an upper limit on the number of years an individual may hold a particular political office.

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Teach Political Analysis

Theory & Concepts:
The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition. Classic introductory text, clear writing, helps students learn, great ancillaries. More info.

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Jarque-Bera Test of Normality
Todd Grande covers with example (7:23).

MORE VIDEOS: Lecture Videos for The Essentials of Political Analysis

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Creating a Scatter Plot
Shows you how to make a basic scatterplot and edit it for clarity (4:38).

Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Governance for Development: .From the World Bank.

Canadian Journal of Political Science: .Primary forum for innovative research on Canadian politics and government.

Political Studies: .International journal publishes research in all areas of politics and international relations

Comparative Political Studies: .Scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels.

Party Politics: .(Sage Journals) Forum for the analysis of political parties.

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Comparative Politics Data Sites

Human Rights Data Analysis Group: .A non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

Global State of Democracy Indices: .Depict democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of different attributes of democracy in the period 1975-2015.

Comparative Agendas Project: .Collects and organizes data from archived sources to track policy outcomes across countries. See dataset codebooks.

KOF Index of Globalization: .Measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political.

State Antiquity Index: .This dataset gives a score from 0 to 50 for the presence of a supra-tribal polity within the present-day boundaries of each of 149 countries.

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New Comparative Politics Articles with Replication Data

The Geography of Repression and Opposition to AutocracyMaria Angelica Bautista; Felipe Gonzalez; Luis R Martinez; Pablo Muñoz; Mounu Prem (2023)