A simple but ambitious project to collect and share data about every politician in every country in the world, in a consistent, open format that anyone can use..

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

A comprehensive dataset on authoritarian regimes in the world between 1972-2014..

Managed by Masayuki Kudamatsu.

Captures election results, national referenda, changes in government, and institutional reforms for a range of countries, within and beyond the EU..

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

From the World Bank..

Seeks to broaden the study of human rights by fostering the critical re-examination of existing approaches to human rights, as well as developing new perspectives on the theory and practice of human rights. .

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

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