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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. .

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Learn Standard Arguments in the RCPA3 Package to Quickly Learn How to Use Functions i

Video tutorial & demo by Barry Edwards for R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Ed. (11:38).

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Using the sample Function i

From Dragonfly Statistics (4:28).

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Data on ethnic groups' access to state power, their settlement patterns, links to rebel organizations, transborder ethnic kin relations, and intraethnic cleavages..

Ethnic Power Relations Datasets

Political, sociodemographic, and Wikipedia-related data on elected politicians across the globe for R environment..

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A large-scale, cross-national, and longitudinal survey research program on basic human values..

European Values Study

This page contains links to data on Cosponsorships in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives for the 93rd to 108th Congresses..

Cosponsorship Network Data

Chronicles historically significant events on social media..

Documenting the Now

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From the International Association for Political Science Students..

Different View, A

Official journal of the Association of Public Economic Theory, dedicated to the growing field of public economics..

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Examines how information technology (IT) impacts, and is influenced by, politics and government.

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking..

Journal of Peace Research

Official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association..

Australian Journal of Political Science

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Pres. James Polk'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.