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Will young people let democracy die? i

Younger generations are less satisfied with democracy than generations before them were at the same age. Our deputy editor, Robert Guest, asks what this means for the future of democracy. Video supported by @mishcon_de_reya 00:00 - Is democracy dead? 01:57 - Are young people to blame? 02:24 - Spain: from dictator to democracy 04:10 - Why are millennials disillusioned with democracy? 05:10 - What is the satisfactio....

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Happiness is rising around the world i

ISR World Values Survey identifies happiest nations in the world. More at http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6629 and http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org.

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Daron Acemoglu discusses is democracy dying? i

This is an excerpt from a panel discussion on the current state of democracy. The full event video is available at https://youtu.be/eFjk9f8ziVc A transcript of the event is available at https://cis.mit.edu/events/transcripts/starr-forum-democracy-dying Speakers: Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT. His most recent book is Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and....

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Compiles and disseminates global statistical information.

United Nations Statistics Division

The LISS panel (Netherlands) has been in full operation since October 2007, and all data are made available through the LISS data archive..

Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences

Information about the structure and generosity of social insurance benefits in 33 countries around the world.

Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset

A network of research, resource and training centers established in 2003 in the capital cities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, see datasets..

Caucasus Research Resource Centers

Compiled by Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development..

Guide to Data on Developing Countries

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Interviews with political scientists about their research in the context of bigger developments in politics and society..

Political Science? No Problem Et Al.!

Primary forum for innovative research on Canadian politics and government..

Canadian Journal of Political Science

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

Acta Politica

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

WIDER Angle

Scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels..

Comparative Political Studies

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