Resources for First Paper (IS 210)–Risk Assessment

Here are some data resources that may be helpful to you while researching and writing your first paper assignment.

• The Macro Data Guide: http://www.nsd.uib.no/macrodataguide/country.html
• Comparative Political Data Set, 1960-2011.  (Klaus Armingeon)
  http://www.ipw.unibe.ch/content/team/klaus_armingeon/comparative_political_data_sets/index_ger.html
• The Failed States Index: http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2013-sortable
• 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.cses.org/datacenter/download.htm. There is much excellent information here on recent elections, with vote results, analyses of ideological space of political parties, levels of violence, etc.
• World Bank Data: http://data.worldbank.org/
• World Values Survey: http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
• Transparency International–The Global Coalition against Corruption: http://www.transparency.org/
• The Political Institutions Database. Note: I have downloaded the data and the codebook and uploaded it to Canvas for your ease of use. http://www.nsd.uib.no/macrodataguide/set.html?id=11&sub=1
• 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