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Data Collections for ResearchSee all topical collections | all subfield collections

Quality of Government Institute
Research on the causes, consequences and nature of good government, see data download page.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Political Terror Scale
Measures levels of political violence and terror that a country experiences in a particular year based on a 5-level...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Autocratic Regime Data
Provides transition information for the 280 autocratic regimes in existence from 1946 to 2010
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
IPUMS
Census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Archigos
A data base on leaders 1875 - 2004.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy)
Aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Pew Global Attitudes Surveys
Organized by survey, each dataset is identified by the name of the survey.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Social Policy Indicators (SPIN)
Comparative data on social rights and duties of citizens
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Digital Society Project
Aims to answer some of the most important questions about the internet and politics, the DSP dataset is the product...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Manifesto Project Database
Provides the scientific community with parties' policy positions derived from a content analysis of parties' electo...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics

Authors with Replication DataSee all authors | all subfield authors

George Tsebelis
Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan, see data page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Aljaz Kuncic
University of Ljubljana
Authors | Comp. Politics
Johan A. Elkink
School of Politics and International Relations
Authors | Comp. Politics
Miriam Golden
UCLA, see dataverse.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Kenneth Benoit
LSE, see datasets on publications page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Samuel Standaert
Clemson University, see datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Vincenzo Emanuele
LUISS Guido Carli (Italy)
Authors | Comp. Politics
Joel W. Johnson
Colorado State University - Pueblo
Authors | Comp. Politics
Bjorn Hoyland
Univ. of Oslo
Authors | Comp. Politics
Christopher Adolph
Univ. of Washington, see replication data.
Authors | Comp. Politics

Outlets for ResearchAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

Party Politics
RSS | (Sage Journals) Forum for the analysis of political parties.
Journals | Comp. Politics
Acta Politica
One of the few truly international political science journals with a broad scope across the discipline (published b...
Journals | Comp. Politics
Governance for Development
From the World Bank.
Blogs | Comp. Politics
Power 3.0
Explores how savvy authoritarian governments survive and thrive, and the ways that democracies are contending with ...
Blogs | Comp. Politics
Two Weeks Notice
A Latin American politics blog from Greg Weeks of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Blogs | Comp. Politics
Comparative Political Studies
Scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels.
Journals | Comp. Politics
WIDER Angle
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research addresses political and economic devel...
Blogs | Comp. Politics
Political Studies
RSS | International journal publishes research in all areas of politics and international relations
Journals | Comp. Politics
Tibet Issue, The
Discussion about contemporary political issues in Tibet.
Blogs | Comp. Politics
World Politics
Research articles that make theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature, and review articles bearing ...
Journals | Comp. Politics

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Public-Sector Unions and the Size of GovernmentAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Agustina Paglayan (2019)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


The Popularity of Authoritarian Leaders: A Cross-National InvestigationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Sergei Guriev; Daniel Treisman (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


The Electoral System, the Party System and Accountability in Parliamentary GovernmentAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Christopher Kam; Anthony Bertelli; Alexander Held (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


The Organizational Voter: Support for New Parties in Young DemocraciesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Mathias Poertner (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


A Path out of Patriarchy? Political Agency and Social Identity of Women FightersAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Gunes Murat Tezcur (2020)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


Electoral Effects of Biased Media: Russian Television in UkraineAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Leonid Peisakhin; Arturas Rozenas (2018)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


Committed or Conditional Democrats? Opposition Dynamics in Electoral AutocraciesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Jennifer Gandhi; Elvin Ong (2019)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


Foreign Financing and the International Sources of Property RightsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Timm Betz; Amy Pond (2019)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


Unlikely Democrats: Economic Elite Uncertainty Under Dictatorship and Support for DemocratizationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Michael Albertus; Victor Gay (2017)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics


Socialist Threat? Radical Party Entry, Electoral Alliances, and the Introduction of Proportional RepresentationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
André Walter (2021)
	Journal Archives \| Comp. Politics

Quality of Government Institute
Research on the causes, consequences and nature of good government, see data download page.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Political Terror Scale
Measures levels of political violence and terror that a country experiences in a particular year based on a 5-level...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Autocratic Regime Data
Provides transition information for the 280 autocratic regimes in existence from 1946 to 2010
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

IPUMS
Census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Archigos
A data base on leaders 1875 - 2004.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy)
Aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Pew Global Attitudes Surveys
Organized by survey, each dataset is identified by the name of the survey.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Social Policy Indicators (SPIN)
Comparative data on social rights and duties of citizens
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Digital Society Project
Aims to answer some of the most important questions about the internet and politics, the DSP dataset is the product...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Manifesto Project Database
Provides the scientific community with parties' policy positions derived from a content analysis of parties' electo...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

George Tsebelis
Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan, see data page.
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Johan A. Elkink
School of Politics and International Relations
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Kenneth Benoit
LSE, see datasets on publications page.
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Samuel Standaert
Clemson University, see datasets.
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Vincenzo Emanuele
LUISS Guido Carli (Italy)
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Joel W. Johnson
Colorado State University - Pueblo
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Christopher Adolph
Univ. of Washington, see replication data.
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

Party Politics
RSS \| (Sage Journals) Forum for the analysis of political parties.
	Journals \| Comp. Politics

Acta Politica
One of the few truly international political science journals with a broad scope across the discipline (published b...
	Journals \| Comp. Politics

Governance for Development
From the World Bank.
	Blogs \| Comp. Politics

Power 3.0
Explores how savvy authoritarian governments survive and thrive, and the ways that democracies are contending with ...
	Blogs \| Comp. Politics

Two Weeks Notice
A Latin American politics blog from Greg Weeks of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
	Blogs \| Comp. Politics

Comparative Political Studies
Scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels.
	Journals \| Comp. Politics

WIDER Angle
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research addresses political and economic devel...
	Blogs \| Comp. Politics