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Avalon Project

The project seeks to "mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government." The documents are presented both chronologically and by topic (under Major Collections). An impressive and growing repository of primary sources.
(Added: 20-Feb-1998 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Council on Foreign Relations

Provides information on global issues arranged by topic and region. It covers 14 key policy areas, e.g. economics, peace and conflict, terrorism, media and public opinion, etc. Background and Analysis offers concise articles on important issues on international affairs. It also offers substantial additional online resources and daily news updates in the forms of text, podcasts, and videos.
(Added: 2-Apr-2004 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Election Guide

This site provides an overview of what is at stake, description of the government structure, voting and demographic data, and breakdown of votes cast in the election. A quick search feature allows for searching by election type (e.g., presidential, parliamentary, referendum), country, and year. It also provides information on upcoming elections worldwide. Data begin in 1998.
(Added: 26-Apr-2012 / Hits [2013- ]: 7)

Elections and Electoral Systems Around the World

Maintained as part of the Political Science Resources page at the University of Keele in the U. K., this site provides links to the latest election news on over 100 countries, including election results, referendums, and electoral information.
(Added: 18-Jun-2002 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)

Europa - Gateway to the European Union

Provides data about the structure, functions, activities of the European Union, organized by subject, e.g. legal instruments, legislative activities, implementation of common policies, grants and loans, statistics and publications, etc.
(Added: 4-Dec-1998 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Governments on the WWW

A comprehensive list of government sites from over 200 countries. It includes parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, and institutions of various categories.
(Added: 3-Mar-1999 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)

International Constitutional Law

A very useful site maintained by the joint effort of Cornell University, MIT, Hamburg and Wuerzburg universities. Under each country, a full-text copy of its constitution is provided when available. Otherwise, the site will give related information about the political and constitutional history of that country and synopses of its recent news and developments.
(Added: 3-Jul-1999 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

ISN: The International Relations and Security Network

This is one of the most useful sites on the Web for professionals in the fields of international relations, politics, and security affairs.
(Added: 17-Jul-1998 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)

Marxists Internet Archive

An extensive collection of Marxist materials organized into four main sections: Writers Archive, Non-English Archive, History Archive, and Reference Archive. Also includes Chinese documents under 中文馬克思主義文庫.
(Added: 19-Jan-1998 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Open CRS: Congressional Research Reports for the People

Provides searching and links to over 10,000 U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports which are available in the public domain, covering a variety of topics on political events in the U.S. and other countries.
(Added: 14-Dec-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)

Pew Global Attitudes Project

The Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that covers a variety of subjects, mostly the current affairs and important issues of the day.
(Added: 11-Jul-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Political Resources on the Net

Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.
(Added: 11-Sep-1997 / Hits [2013- ]: 7)

Research & Technology Guides Subjects : Government, Politics & Law

This site includes a collection of links to foreign government information on the Web. Countries are organized by geographic area with a vast array of Internet resources including country background, biographies of officials, foreign policy, human rights, maps, national symbols, constitutions/laws, news, politics/elections, statistics, taxation, etc. Developed by the University of Michigan Library.
(Added: 3-Mar-1999 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

Research & Technology Guides: Political Science ^[Meta-Site]

Contains resources in political science, including area studies, foreign politics, international relations, periodicals, political theory, think tanks, etc. Allow to search or browse by topic. Maintained by University of Michigan Library.
(Added: 20-Feb-1998 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)

Rulers

This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700. Also included are a selection of international organizations and recent foreign ministers of all countries.
(Added: 10-Jun-2003 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

World Leaders List

Displays the presidential and prime ministerial list of a country, from the first person to the current who took charge or assume to the post of President/Prime Minister. Includes links to images, and information about the politicians, President and Prime Minister incumbents of various countries.
(Added: 7-May-2013 / Hits [2013- ]: 37)

World Public Opinion

The site provides articles on the results of opinion polls taken around the world on a wide variety of current issues. Articles are organized by region and topic. Each article summarizes the results of the polls and often includes graphs and links to the original questionnaire, methodology, and full report of the poll. An international collaborative project initiated and managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.
(Added: 13-Apr-2010 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)

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