POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS ON THE WEB
POLITICAL SCIENCE
- American Political Science Association
- Home page of APSA (American Political Science Association).
- APSA Policy Section
- Home page of the Section.
- Marxists.org Internet Archive
- Biographical information, documents, etc.
- Political Science Research and Teaching Discussion List
- Archives of the listserv.
POLITICS
- All Politics
- A collaborative effort of CNN (Cable News Network), Time Magazine, and CQ (Congressional Quarterly).
- Political Reference Almanac
- On-line edition. Includes biographical profiles and photographs of
U.S. government officials, descriptions of all U.S. federal government
agencies, government profiles of all 192 nations and their territories,
etc.
- OpenSecrets.org
- Site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group. Provides information on contributions to Congressional candidates, PACs, etc.
- The Center for Voting & Democracy
- Home page of this non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about voting systems. Primary emphasis is on explaining and advocating the proportional representation election system for the U.S.
- Civic Practices Network
- A collaborative and non-partisan project within the new citizenship movement. Features case studies and essays on civic innovation.
- DemocracyNet
- Non-partisan political information site. Provided by the League of Women Voters Education Fund & Grassroots.com
- Elections around the world
- Election results and political party information from around the world.
- Election Notes
- A daily news service of Klipsan Press, publishers of reference works on electoral history and politics. Includes an election calendar and electoral news items from around the world.
- Federal Election Commission
- Guide to contributions and the law; financial information on candidates, parties, PACs; elections and voting statistics; etc.
- H-POL
- Scholarly discussion of American political history.
- The Jefferson Project
- Extensive guide to online politics.
- National Election Studies (NES)
- Information about and some data from the NES at the University of Michigan.
- National Political Index
- Features links to political science departments and political web sites.
- Political Advocacy Groups
- Links to groups advocating particular government policies in such areas as animal rights, gun control, religion.
- Political Database of the Americas
- Offers documentary and statistical political information on Latin America.
- Politics1
- Links to U.S. political candidates, election results and news, debates and issues, etc.
- Project Vote Smart
- Includes voting records, campaign finance data, issue positions, performance evaluations, and biographical and contact information on candidates for president, congress, governor, and state legislatures.
- The PRS Group
- Home page of PRS (Political Risk Services)--the service that offers economic and political data and forecasts.
- Zarate's Political Collections
- Lists of government rulers worldwide.
- The Terrorism Research Center
- Home page of this virtual, independent institute dedicated to research on terrorism, information warfare, and other issues related to political violence.
BRITISH POLITICS
- Web Resources for British Politics and the General Election of 1997
- Good links for British politics compiled by Professor Timothy Power of Louisiana State University.
MILITARY
- DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
- A searchable dictionary of military terms from the U.S. Department of Defense.
POLLS/PUBLIC OPINION
- National Network of State Polls
- Home page of this confederation of organizations that conduct state-level surveys. Includes archive of state survey data.
- PollingReport.com
- A service of The Polling Report, an independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion. Includes selected polls on many subjects.
PUBLIC POLICY
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Home page of this nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that focuses on issues affecting low- and moderate-income people.
- Electronic Policy Network
- A project of the journal The American Prospect. Includes news and ideas about national policy and politics.
- Policy.com
- The policy community online. News, opinions, directories, and other information relating to public policy.
- Public Policy Network
- Sponsors PUBPOL-L, an electronic forum for professionals, graduate students, faculty, and staff in the fields of public policy, public administration, planning, and other related areas. Site includes archives of PUBPOL-L.
JOURNALS/NEWSPAPERS
(Please note that many of these require you to subscribe before you can read the full-text articles online)
- Atlantic Unbound
- Political information and archived articles from The Atlantic Monthly.
- Harvard Political Review
- Home page of this non-partisan quarterly journal of domestic and international issues.
- IntellectualCapital.com
- A weekly, bipartisan, public policy e-zine available only on the WWW. Its mission is to provide a forum for understanding and discussing issues in the news.
- Journal of Democracy
- Published quarterly for the National Endowment for Democracy, focuses on problems of and prospects for democracy around the world.
- The Long Term View
- A public policy journal that devotes each issue to an in-depth discussion of a single topic. Published by the Massachusetts School of Law.
- MoJoWire
- Political news from Mother Jones.
- The Nando Times
- 24 hour newspaper developed solely for the Web. Very current political news stories.
- The Nation
- Home page of the journal. Includes selected stories.
- Policy Review
- "The Journal of American Citizenship," published by The Heritage Foundation.
- Political Science Quarterly
- Sample articles and book reviews from the journal.
- Roll Call Online
- The newspaper of Capitol Hill. Congressional information.
- Washington Weekly
- Home page of this alternative U.S. national politics electronic newsmagazine.
- Women & Politics
- Home page of this quarterly journal covering research and policy studies.
LOCATORS/DIRECTORIES/SEARCH SITES
- BUBL
- Good international list of links.
- Mark's Political Links
- Links compiled by Mark Rupert, Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
- Netting Political Science
- Nice introduction to finding political science resources on the Web.
- Political Communication
- Links from the American Communication Association.
- Political Science
- Links to a wide range of political science areas. Provided by University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
- Political Science: A Net Station
- Provided by the University of British Columbia Library. Includes a large number of countries and regions. Good for comparative politics.
- Political Science Department links from Syracuse University's Maxwell School
- Links to general, American politics, comparative politics/international relations, political theory/inquiry/methods sites.
- Political Science Research Resources
- Assembled by Richard Tucker of Vanderbilt University.
- Political Science Resources on the Web
- Extensive link of links from the University of Michigan Documents Center.
- Politics
- Links compiled by the Digital Librarian.
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
- British site also offering links to sites world wide.
- U.S. Government and Politics
- Great list of links compiled by Larry Schankman, Mansfield University Library, Mansfield, PA.
- Yahoo
- Yahoo's politics index.
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