Here are some data resources that may be helpful to you while researching and writing your first paper assignment. I’ll be showing you how to use/access some of these sources in class on Thursday, September 23rd.
- The Macro Data Guide: http://www.nsd.uib.no/macrodataguide/country.html
- Comparative Political Data Set, 1960-2004. (Klaus Armingeon)
http://www.ipw.unibe.ch/content/team/klaus_armingeon/comparative_political_data_sets/index_ger.html - Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig. 2009. The Handbook of National Legislators. A Global Survey. Cambridge University Press. [On reserve at Bennett Library] JF 511 F57 2009.
- Harkan, Joel D. ed. 2009. Legislative Power in Emerging African Democracies. [On Reserve at Bennett Library] JQ 1877 L44 2009
- Comparative Study of Electoral Systems: http://www.csesdb.com/ [Note: you have to register to access the data base.]
- World Bank Database on Political Institutions (DPI) (Thorsten Beck, George Clarke, Alberto Groff, Philip Keefer, and Patrick Walsh)
Data: http://www.worldbank.org/research/bios/keefer
Codebook: http://www.worldbank.org/research/growth/pdfiles/DPIvariables
- World Bank Governance Indicators (1996-2008): http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.
World Bank Decentralization Indicators, http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/decentralization/data.htm - World Values Survey: http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
- Transparency International–The Global Coalition against Corruption: http://www.transparency.org/
- Polity IV–Political Regime Characteristics: http://www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
- Country Indicators for Foreign Policy: http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/
- CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
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