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Introducing Political Science State Formation and States Political Regimes & Political Development Political Ideology Political Mobilization & Interest Aggregation Political Institutions: Parliaments to Courts Political Identity and Nationalism Political Economy and Development Human Rights Conflict and Violence International Cooperation and War Political Leadership
Introducing Political Science
American Political Science Association International Political Science Association IPSA Portal (Top 300 Sites) Political Studies Association (UK)Understanding International Relations
State Formation and States
Lists of Recognised States
UN Member States US State Department’s List of States
Key Treaties for the State in International Relations
Treaty of Westphalia Convention on Rights and Duties of States (Montevideo Convention)
State Formation and Types of States
Historical Atlas Showing Development of Modern European States Warfare, Political Leadership, and State Formation: The Case of the Zulu Kingdom, 1808-1879 FP Failed States Index Index of Weak States in the Developing World (Brookings Institute) An Introduction to Social Policy: The Welfare State (Robert Gordon University) British History: The Welfare State (BBC)
Important Writers
Max Weber’s Politics as a Vocation
Political Regimes & Political Development
Democracy Studies
Freedom House Center for Voting and Democracy Accurate Democracy The Diffusion of Democracy Comparative Democratization Project Asian Values and Democracy in Asia Are Russians Undemocratic
Regimes
Regime Types; A Comparison Table (CCSU) Regime change: A look at Washington’s methods – and degrees of success – in dislodging foreign leaders
Political Ideology
Political Ideology Definitions for the US Centre for Political Ideologies Introduction to Political Philosophy & Ideologies
Political Mobilization & Interest Aggregation
List of Political Parties Parties and Social Movements Resources Page
Political Institutions: Parliaments to Courts
Constitutions
Constitutions Finder National Constitutions Legislation Online – Constitutions
Political Identity and Nationalism
Nationalism
The Nationalism Project National Liberation or Regional Autonomy NativeWeb Resouces Global Review of Ethnopolitics
Political Economy and Development
Political Economy
Political Economy Research Institute Political Economy Bibliography Washington Post Political Economy Panel IPEZone Blog (LSE Students) Issues of International TradeUnderstanding the Central Bank
Development
World Bank UN Development Programme Human Development Reports Millenium Development Goals OECD Development Reports
Human Rights
United for Human Rights Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Human Rights Links Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Links Icelandic Human Rights Center Human Rights Correspondence School
Conflict and Violence
Minorities at Risk Program for the Study of Contentious Politics (Cornell University) Yale East Timor Project Major Episodes of Political Violence National Peace Corps Association
International Cooperation and War
Conflict Barometer Foreign Affairs Magazine Foreign Policy Journal Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (Carleton University) Council on Foreign Relations International Relations and Security Network
Political Leadership
Leadership Theories The Myth of Political Leadership On Leadership (The Washington Post) Political Leadership (Harper’s Magazine)
