The Perils and Promise of Contemporary African Politics: Insights from Research

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on African politics.

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African Security: .Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not only from the more traditional approaches to security studies but also from more novel and innovative perspectives.

Ufahamu Africa: .Life and politics on the continent.

Africa Research Institute Blog: .Encourages debate, questions orthodoxy and challenges �received wisdom� in and about Africa.

Rev. of African Political Econ. Blog: .Short articles to highlight developments on the continent and comment on the dynamics of protest, shifting patterns of political economy and issues of historical concern.

African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations: .Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.

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African Politics Data Sites

African Dev. Bank Group Data Portal: .Access to information on lending projects from 1967 up to now, the dataset includes basic information such as the project title and ID, country, sector, task manager but also, financial information, results and linksD, country, sector, task manager to publicly disclosed documents.

Climate Change & African Pol. Stability: .This program analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security, see data page

Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan Africa: .From the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Afrobarometer Data Collection: .An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa

Center for the Study of African Econ.: .Researching on the economic and social development in Africa since 1986, includes Free and Fair Elections Database

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Replication Datasets for New Articles

Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter-Driven Accountability in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari, +2 more authors (2023 est.) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 9, datasets: 19, other files: 36, PDF files: 2, text files: 1

Channels for Influence or Maps of Behavior? A Field Experiment on Social Networks and CooperationNoah Nathan, +1 more author (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 30, PDF files: 3, text files: 4, datasets: 1, other files: 1

Civil War and Citizens' Demand for the State: An Empirical Test of Hobbesian TheoryRobert Blair (2022) BJPS, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 2

Deepening or Diminishing Ethnic Divides? The Impact of Urban Migration in Kenya*Eric Kramon, +3 more authors (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 3, PDF files: 1, datasets: 7, text files: 1

Political Determinants of Economic Exchange: Evidence from a Business Experiment in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari (2022) AJPS, more info.
R files: 2, other files: 2, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

Surrounded and Threatened: How Neighborhood Composition Reduces Ethnic Voting Through IntimidationTed Enamorado, +1 more author (2022) PSRM, more info.

Closing the Gap: Information and Mass Support in a Dominant Party RegimeMelina R Platas, +1 more author (2021) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 1, datasets: 3, PDF files: 1

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Authors with Datasets

Gottlieb, Jessica .

Horowitz, Jeremy .

Kramon, Eric .

Van der Windt, Peter .NYU - Abu Dhabi

Blattman, Chris .Harris School of Public Policy at the Univ. of Chicago, see datasets on research page.

Larreguy, Horacio .

Ricart-Huguet, Joan .

Green, Elliott .

Robinson, Amanda Lea .Ohio State University

Bhandari, Abhit .

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