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Political Science Journals; Comparative Politics Acta Politica One of the few truly international political science journals with a broad scope across the discipline (published by Springer). Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies Analysis of labor markets, social security incomes, institutions and governance, see research projects and datasets Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Archigos A data base on leaders 1875 - 2004. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Austrian National Election Study Comprehensive social science analysis of Austrian national elections. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Berlin Social Center Data-driven research on education and work, markets and choice, migration, democracy and autocracy, international politics and law. Political Science Journals; Comparative Politics British Journal of Politics and International Relations (Sage Publishing) Research on British politics Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Caucasus Research Resource Centers A network of research, resource and training centers established in 2003 in the capital cities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, see datasets. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Chris Blattman Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Climate Change and African Political Stability This program analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security, see data page Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Comparative Study of Electoral Systems A collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Corruption Perceptions Index Transparency International scores countries on how corrupt their public sectors are seen to be. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Danish National Election Study Data from all 16 elections in the 1971-2011 period. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Datorium from GESIS a data repository service for the social science and economic science research community from GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Dawn M Brancati Columbia University, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Diego Puga CEMFI, see data. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Economic data from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Macro-economic and structural data series, includes the Life in Transition Survey. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Electoral Systems and the Personal Vote Colorado State University - Pueblo Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics European Central Bank Statistical Data Warehouse Economic indicators for Euro area. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics European Quality of Life Survey Carried out every four years, this unique, pan-European survey examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics George Tsebelis Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan, see data page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Global Media Freedom Dataset Data on the evolution and devolution of media freedom in individual countries. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Global State Revenues and Expenditures Developed at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) Platform for research on economic growth and development, comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and development that the Centre compiles and maintains on a regular basis. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Datasets Measured related to sustainable democracy worldwide Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Institutional Quality Dataset From Aljaz Kuncic, covers 1990 - 2010 Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics International Social Survey Programme A cross-national collaboration program conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Joel W. Johnson Colorado State University - Pueblo Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics KOF Swiss Economic Institute Extensive economic research, including Globalization Index Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics LIS Cross-National Data Center A data archive and research center dedicated to cross-national analysis, home to two databases: Luxembourg Income Study and Luxembourg Wealth Study. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Macrohistory Lann Bonn An active research hub in international macroeconomic and financial history, features Jorda-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Matthew Golder Penn State Univ., see research page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Members of the European Parliament Survey Data The data allow for comparison of MEPs’ views with those of the EU public, European Parliament candidates, and members of national and regional parliaments in Europe. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Michael K. Miller George Washington University Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Multiculturalism Policy Index Information about multiculturalism policies in a standardized format that aids comparative research and contributes to the understanding of state-minority relations Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics ParlGov Parliaments and Governments Database A data infrastructure for political science and contains information for all EU and most OECD democracies. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Peter Van der Windt Assistant professor of political science at New York University – Abu Dhabi. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset From Witold Jerzy Henisz Political Science Journals; Comparative Politics Political Studies Early View/Latest Articles International journal publishes research in all areas of politics and international relations Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Presidential Power Scores presidential power scores for 116 countries across 181 time periods Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Robert J Franzese Jr. University of Michigan, see replication files on publications page. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Slava Mikhaylov University of Essex, replication materials on publications page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe Multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of more than 120,000 individuals aged 50 or older. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Thomson Robert Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development for all, see datasets Political Science Blogs; Comparative Politics WIDER Angle United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research addresses political and economic development issues Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics World Inequality Database Aims to provide open and convenient access to the most extensive available database on the historical evolution of the world distribution of income and wealth

Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Africa Information Highway Multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Andreas Wimmer Columbia University Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Arjan H. Schakel Maastricht University Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Authoritarian Regimes Dataset A comprehensive dataset on authoritarian regimes in the world between 1972-2014. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Bjorn Hoyland University of Oslo Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Canadian Election Study Thorough account of Canadian elections. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Centre for the Study of African Economies Researching on the economic and social development in Africa since 1986, includes Free and Fair Elections Database Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Christopher Adolph Univ. of Washington Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Comparative Agendas Project The Comparative Agendas Project collects and organizes data from archived sources to track policy outcomes across countries. See dataset codebooks. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset Information about the structure and generosity of social insurance benefits in 33 countries around the world Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Daniel Aldrich Northeastern University Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Data on Governance From Peace Research Institute Oslo. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Dave Armstrong Western University in London, Ontario, replication files on research page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Democracy Barometer A new instrument to measure the quality of established democracies. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Duane Swank Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Economic Freedom of the World From the Fraser Institute. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Environmental Performance Index Ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators across ten issue categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics European Data Center for Work and Welfare Guide to data on working conditions, vulnerability, poverty and living conditions Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Eurostat The statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics German Socio-Economic Panel A longitudinal survey of households in Germany from 1984 to 2016. Variables include household composition, employment, occupations, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Global Parliamentary Report Data on the structure, members, budget, staff, committees and sitting days of the world's parliaments. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Governance Indicators From the Hertie School of Governance's Governance Report. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Immigration Policies in Comparison A set of sophisticated quantitative indices to measure immigration policies in all OECD countries and for the time period 1980-2010 Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Institute for Social and Economic Research Work includes British Household Panel Survey. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Institutions and Elections Project contains information on de jure institutional provisions, electoral procedures, and electoral events for 170 countries in the period 1960–2012 Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Irfan Nooruddin Georgetown University, see dataverse. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Kenneth Benoit LSE Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Laron K. Williams University of Missouri, see dataverse. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social sciences The LISS panel (Netherlands) has been in full operation since October 2007, and all data are made available through the LISS data archive. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Maddison Project Database Estimates of economic growth in the world economic between AD 1 and 2010 Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Matthew Krain College of Wooster, see research page. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Mert Moral Sabancı University, Istanbul-Turkey, see dataverse. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Michael L. Ross UCLA Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics NatCen Social Research Britain’s largest independent social research agency, features British Social Attitudes Data. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Party Government Data Set Party Government in 40 Democracies 1945-2008, from Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Pew Global Attitudes Surveys Organized by survey, each dataset is identified by the name of the survey. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset By Witold Henisz at Wharton Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Political Terror Scale Meas­ures levels of polit­ic­al vi­ol­ence and ter­ror that a coun­try ex­per­i­ences in a par­tic­u­lar year based on a 5-level "ter­ror scale" ori­gin­ally de­veloped by Free­dom House, see data page Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Project on Democratic Accountability and Citizen-Politician Linkages around the World Overall, this research involves data collection in more than 80 electoral democracies. The expert surveys for data collection were done in 2008 and 2009. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Robert L. Ostergard University of Nevada, Reno, see datasets Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Social Policy Indicators (SPIN) Comparative data on social rights and duties of citizens Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Swedish National Data Service Facilitates access to new and existing Swedish research data. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Transparency International A suite of measures of government corruption Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics World Bank Open Data Free and open access to global development data Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics World Press Freedom Index From Reporters Without Borders

Resources displayed in alphabetic order, click here to randomize Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Aljaz Kuncic University of Ljubljana Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Arab Barometer The objectives of the Arab Barometer are to produce scientifically reliable data on the politically-relevant attitudes of ordinary citizens, to disseminate and apply survey findings in order to contribute to political reform, and to strengthen instit Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Australian Election Study Aims to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Autocratic Regime Data Provides transition information for the 280 autocratic regimes in existence from 1946 to 2010 Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics British Election Study Long term studies of Britain's electoral behaviour. Political Science Journals; Comparative Politics Canadian Journal of Political Science Primary forum for innovative research on Canadian politics and government. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Chapel Hill Expert Survey Estimate party positioning on European integration, ideology and policy issues for national parties in a variety of European countries. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics CIRI Human Rights Dataset standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 202 countries Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Comparative Political Data Set Collection of political and institutional country-level data. It consists of annual data for 36 democratic countries for the period of 1960 to 2015 or since their transition to democracy. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset Contains information about the structure and generosity of social insurance benefits in 33 countries around the world. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Danish General Election Results Results of Danish general elections 1953-2015 including number of votes and number of seats in parliament Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Datasets on Democratic Deepening and Regression DEDERE Project on the causes of democratic deepening and regression. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics David J. Samuels University of Minnesota Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Development Economics Datasets Managed by Masayuki Kudamatsu Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Dutch Parliamentary Voting Dataset Voting behaviour in the Dutch parliament. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Educational Attainment Dataset Focus on 1950-2010 Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics ERDDA.se Comparative Data Projects Several projects from professor Torbjörn Bergman at Södertörn University, Stockholm. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics European Election Studies About electoral participation and voting behavior in European Parliament elections. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Foundation Applied and policy-oriented research on labor markets, immigration and welfare systems in Europe Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Global Integrity Measures of government integrity around the world, see data and downloads page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Global State of Democracy Indices Depict democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of different attributes of democracy in the period 1975–2015. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Greifswald Comparative Politics See projects and datasets Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Index of African Governance From the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) Research and other initiatives related to the theme of citizenship in its legal, political, and social dimensions Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Inter-Parliamentary Union See their open data platform Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Israel National Election Studies Aims to investigate voting patterns, public opinion, and political participation in Israel. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics KOF Index of Globalization measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Latin American Public Opinion Project Carries out surveys of public opinion in Latin America, include Americas Barometer survey. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Louis Putterman Brown University (Economics Dept) Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Manifesto Project Database provides the scientific community with parties' policy positions derived from a content analysis of parties' electoral manifestos. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Megan E Reif V-Dem Institute Research Fellow , Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Michael Laver NYU Dept of Politics Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Miriam Golden UCLA Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Nathan M. Jensen Professor, University at Texas Austin Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Penn World Table database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 182 countries between 1950 and 2014 Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Pippa Norris Harvard University Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Political Data Yearbook Captures election results, national referenda, changes in government, and institutional reforms for a range of countries, within and beyond the EU. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Polity Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions From The Center for Systematic Peace. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Quality of Government Institute Research on the causes, consequences and nature of good government, see data download page. Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Romain Wacziarg UCLA School of Management Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics State Antiquity Index This dataset gives a score from 0 to 50 for the presence of a supra-tribal polity within the present-day boundaries of each of 149 countries. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Swedish National Election Studies Aims to explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. See data page. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics United Nations Statistics Division Compiles and disseminates global statistical information Author Replication Data; Comparative Politics Vincenzo Emanuele LUISS Guido Carli (Italy) Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics World Bank's Data Catalog The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources. Statistical Data Collections; Comparative Politics Worldwide Governance Indicators From the World Bank.

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