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(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. .
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Census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space..
IPUMS
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Conducts repeated social surveys to study the attitudes and behavior of Japanese people comprehensively..
Japanese General Social Surveys
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Aims to measure the ideology of individual state legislators and state legislatures as a whole over the past several decades, state and individual-level data available..
American Legislatures Project
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The site helps ordinary citizens find and track bills in the U.S. Congress and understand their representatives' legislative record..
GovTrack.us
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Contains consistent time series on the military spending of countries, updated annually..
Military Expenditure Database
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From Benjamin Studebaker..
Political Theory 101
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Social Science Research publishes papers devoted to quantitative social science research and methodology..
Social Science Research
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Posts about law and politics.
Volokh Conspiracy
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Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics from Stephen Saideman..
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Chicago Booth Review
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Pres. George Washington's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
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