Political Studies on the Internet

Federal Government | Pennsylvania Government | Congress | Foreign Governments | Middle East | Africa | Eastern Europe | Latin America | Legal Resources | Public Policy | Social Issues Fact Files | Gallup Poll | Statistics | Class links

Federal Government

• American Presidency Project
• Presidential Speech Archive (some audio & video)
• Presidential Powers
• Under-representation of women in U.S. politics
• Contemporary developments in Presidential Elections (electoral college, campaign finance, primaries)
• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
• Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Campaign Reform (Fact File)
• GPO Online
• Library of Congress
• Political Resources on the Net
• Political Science Resource Think Tanks
• Election Results (Worldwide)
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Policy Briefs (IRC)
• Policy Briefs (ICG)
• Policy Briefs, Working Papers (ICG)
• Sunlight Foundation (tracks government spending)
• Opensecrets.org (tracks politician's spending)
• MAPLight.org (illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes)
• Openthe government.org
• CQ Politics
• 2008 presidential election results by congressional districts
• The War Powers Resolution: After 36 Years (CRS)

Pennsylvania Government

• Pennsylvania Fact Sheet
• State Legislature
• PA Senate Web Site

Congress and Campaigns

• Who is my Congressional Representative or here
• MapLight.org (politics and money)
• Biographical Directory of the Congress: 1774 - present
• Congressional Information
• CongressTrack (guide to legislators & legislation )
• Thomas (legislative information)
• Congressional Record
• OpenCongress
• Research Members of Congress (Campaigns, finances, etc.)
• CampaignMoney.com
• U.S. Congressioanl Documents & Debates (American Memory Project)
• Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview (2011)

Foreign Governments

• Keesing's Record of World Events
• Country Studies
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• Travel Advisories, U.S. State Dept.
• Political Resources on the Net
• Election Results (Worldwide)
• CountryReports.org
• Freedom Press Index

Middle East

• Iran (CRS, 2011)
• Iraq (CRS, 2011)
• The State of the Egyptian Revolution(POMEPS, 2011)
• Revolution in the Arab World (Georgetown Univ)

Africa

• Millennium Development Goals
• WWW Virtual Library
• AllAfrica.com
• African Policy Information Center
• African Action: Activism for Africa
• African Journals Online (world's largest collection of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals)

Eastern Europe

• 20 Years After (TOL)
• WWW Virtual Library
• Election Resources

Latin America

• Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection (UT at Austin)
• LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)
• LANIC--LAPTOC (Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents)
• Latin World
• Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
• Social Panorama of Latin America 2007 (ECLAC)
• World Bank e-Library
• Center for Latin American Studies (Hudson Center)
• Americas
• Internet Resources for Latin America
• Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD)
• Latin American Studies Association (University of Pittsburgh)
• Inter-American Dialogue
• WWW Virtual Library
• Latinobarometro (annual public opinion survey)
• Center for Latin America's Liberalization & Development (CADAL)
• Organization of American States
• Colonial Latin America
• Latin American & Caribbean History
• Latin American & Caribbean History (UT)
• Latin America and the Global Economic Crisis
• Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
• POLI 222 (Resources)
• Special Reports
  • Employment Situation in Latin America, 2009
  • Caribbean Energy Facts, 2009
  • Skills for the 21st Century
  • Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America, 2009
  • Country Analysis Briefs, (Energy Facts) (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
  • Caribbean basin (Energy Facts)
  • U.S. immigration policy on Haitian migrants
  • Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options for Congress (CRS)
  • 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos
  • Work and Family: Latin American & Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance (World Bank, 2011)
  • Social Panorama of Latin America, 2011
  • Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: the Road Ahead, 2011
  • Chronic Violence and its Reproduction: Perverse Trends in Social Relations, Citizenship and Democracy in Latin America, 2011
  • Immigration of workers: Labor market tests and protections (CRS)

Legal Resources

• FirstGov (official website for searching U.S. Government)
• GovSpot.com (gateway to government information)
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Findlaw
• Supreme Court Decisions (Findlaw)
• Search Court Cases (Google Scholar)
• Pennsylvania Legislation (full-text):

Public Policy

• Public Policy Resources
• Policy Archive
• Rand Corporation Reports
• Renewable Fuel Standard: Overview and Issues
• ProPublica: Journalism in the Public Interest (investigative journalism with a moral force)

Social Issues Fact Files

• Abortion (Fact File)
• PA Abortion statistics(2007 report)
• Abortion(AGI)
• Abortion (State Health Facts)
• Adoption
• Adoption, Intercountry
• Aging (United States)
• Aging (by country)
• Agricultural Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Agriculture as a Source of Fuel (Prospects and Impacts, 2007 to 2017)
• AIDS/HIV Fact Sheets, 2007
• AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB (State Profiles, 2007)
• Avian Flu
• Benefits (Health, etc.) Statistics
• Biofuels (A Global Perspective, Nov 2007)
• Budget of the United States
• Child Day Care
• Climate Debate Daily
• Cosmetic Surgery
• Crime, Capital Punishment
• Center for Gun Policy and Research
• Death Penalty, 2007 (Amnesty Intern'l)
• Domestic violence (2007 Report)
• Electric Cars (2011 Report)
• Education
• Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government
• Nuclear Power Estimates to 2030
• Ethanol Fuel (2009)
• Farming in the U.S. (2007)
• Food Labeling
• Food Security, USA (2006)
• Health Care (Fact File)
• Health Facts (Many Categories)
• Health: Hispanics and Health Care in the United States
• Health Insurance Coverage, 2004
• Health Insurance Coverage & Access for Immigrants, 2003
• Health Insurance Coverage & Access for American Indians, 2004
• Medicare & Medicaid Fact Sheet, 2006
• Benefits: The un-insured facts
• Highway Statistics, 2006
• Hispanic Fast Facts, 2007 (U.S. Census)
• Homelessness in America, 2011
• Hunger Report, 2010
• Human Trafficking
• Identity Theft (2005)
• Immigration
• Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2005
• Language: Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000
• Military Casualty Stats
• Military Enlisted Figures (2008)
• Movies
• Current Top Box Office
• Poverty
• U.S. Statistics, 2004
• Homeless Fact Sheet
• Poverty Fact Sheet
• Poverty Line
• Poverty Rate by Age, Gender, Race
• Prisoners (Health & Health Care, U.S.)
• Religious Freedom (2009 International Report)
• Retirement Plans: The Facts
• Sexual Activity (U.S. Teens, 2005)
• Social Security (Fact File)
• Sports Data (attendance, salaries, etc.)
• Taiwan (AEI) (Managing a Cross-Strait Crisis)
• Tea Party and Religion
• Television
• Transportation
• Volunteering in the United States (2007)
• Water Use in the U.S.
• Wind Energy (2008 report)

Polling Information

• Gallup Poll
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

Statistics

• Statistical Resources for Political Science (University of Michigan)
• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

Class links

• POLI 243 (Political Research Methods)