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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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Women in Politics i

Even though America has yet to elect a woman president, 59 countries have already celebrated this milestone. In this Profiles in Peace video, we explore the impact women have had around the world as presidents, prime ministers, and parliamentarians through interviews with Kosovar Ambassador Vlora Çitaku, Rwandan Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, and Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson..

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

Global State of Democracy Indices

Aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy..

V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy)

Work includes British Household Panel Survey..

Institute for Social & Econ. Research

A range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators..

IMF Data Archive

A queryable data resource for comparative and international political economy..

World Economics and Politics Dataverse

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

Canadian Journal of Political Science

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

WIDER Angle

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

Political Science? No Problem Et Al.!

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

Comparative Political Studies

A Latin American politics blog from Greg Weeks of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte..

Two Weeks Notice

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