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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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

WIDER Angle: .United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research addresses political and economic development issues

Acta Politica: .One of the few truly international political science journals with a broad scope across the discipline (published by Springer).

Power 3.0: .Explores how savvy authoritarian governments survive and thrive, and the ways that democracies are contending with this challenge.

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

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

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Comparative Politics Data Sites

Polity Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions: .From The Center for Systematic Peace.

Int'l Labor Organization Stats: .The world's leading source of labor statistics.

Project on Democratic Accountability & Citizen-Politician Linkages: .Data collection in more than 80 electoral democracies. The expert surveys for data collection were done in 2008 and 2009.

Authoritarian Regimes Dataset: .A comprehensive dataset on authoritarian regimes in the world between 1972-2014.

Institutions and Elections Project: .contains information on de jure institutional provisions, electoral procedures, and electoral events for 170 countries in the period 1960-2012

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New Articles with Replication Data

Macropartisanship in Multiparty Systems: A Comparative Study of Five DemocraciesHanako Ohmura (2023) POLBEH, more info.