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Political Science Data Podcast: African Politics Today i
(21:07) This episode shares data-driven insights about African Politics. It covers a variety of studies, addressing issues like technology, state infrastructure, foreign relations, economics, ethnicity, the legacy of colonialism, and democracy. .
Creating an Additive Index i
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Data on electoral volatility and its internal components in European Parliament elections in all EU countries since 1979, for both the class bloc and the demarcation bloc..
Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament Elections
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A ranking of 178 countries across 12 indicators of the risks and vulnerabilities faced by individual nations, see data..
Fragile States Index
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A collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world..
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
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Some of these files are very large and challenging to work with, but the FEC makes a lot of data available.
Federal Election Commission's Campaign Finance Reports and Data
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precise research methodology to calculate a Legislative Effectiveness Score for each member of the House of Representatives.
Legislative Effectiveness Project
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Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking..
Journal of Peace Research
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Learn about the latest developments in collaborative problems-solving, civic engagement, local government innovation and democratic governance..
National Civic Review
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Social Science Research publishes papers devoted to quantitative social science research and methodology..
Social Science Research
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From University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Provides a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories by focusing on research and data, not pundits and politicians..
Not Another Politics Podcast
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Published by the Society for Policy Modeling as a forum for analysis and debate on policy issues. The Journal focuses upon the economic, social and political developments that now shape the world economy and the policies needed to improve them..
Journal of Policy Modeling
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ORIGINAL PROJECT: Studying Presidents
Portrait of President James Monroe
Pres. James Monroe's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents. See index.