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This page provides a set of links on Politics and International Relations, with brief comments on each link. The main criterion for deciding on whether a web site is included was its usefulness to researchers, students and journalists. For their inclusion, of greater importance than the organisations responsible for them was the existence of free access databases, scientific articles, bibliographies, statistics, reports, resource lists and meta links on the respective topic. Inclusion of these web sites does not imply endorsement of the viewpoints expressed therein, or the proposed typologies or classifications. The quality is heterogeneous, ranging from medium to excellent. For any comments or suggestions for additions, please contact the editor.

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AFROBAROMETER: Department of Political Science / Michigan State University / Reports on surveys carried in 15 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa / Main topics: Democracy; Governance; Livelihoods; Markets; Social Capital; Conflict and Crime; Participation; National Identity.

L'AMENAGEMENT LINGUISTIQUE DANS LE MONDE: Trésor de la langue française au Québec / Université Laval / Reference web site on the world's linguistic arrangement / Search by country (192), by people, by languages, by language policies, and by national linguistic laws / French / Editor: Jacques Leclerc.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Well-known worldwide movement who campaigns for internationally recognized human rights / Annual Reports (since 1993) / Search by country.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS: Center for Political Studies / University of Michigan / Dataset of post-election studies from 50 countries around the world.

A CONFLICT RESOLUTION PAGE: Bibliographies on conflict resolution / Links to conflict resolution and ethnicity issues / Editor: Dimo Yagcioglu.

CONSTITUCIONES HISPANOAMERICANAS: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes / Universidad de Alicante / National Constitutions in Spain and in Latin American Spanish speaking countries / 19 th and 20 th centuries / Spanish.

CONSTITUTION FINDER: T.C. Williams School of Law / University of Richmond / Database of national constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents / An English version is often available.

CULTURAL SURVIVAL: Promoting the rights, voices and visions of Indigenous Peoples / International law / E-Journal: Cultural Survival Quarterly (since 1981) / Search by themes.

DOCUMENTARCHIV: HISTORISCHE VERFASSUNGEN : Full text of state, national and confederal Constitutions proclaimed in German territories since 1806 to the present / German.

eLandnet: Electronic gateway to ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, and stateless nations (near 3,000 links) / Editor: Paul Van Cappellen.

ELECTIONGUIDE.ORG: International Foundation for Election Systems / F. Clinton White Resource Center / It aims to collect, from country authorities, the full and final results of all national-level elections (since 1998).

THE EUROBAROMETER SURVEY SERIES: Standard Eurobarometer / European Commission / Monitoring of social and political attitudes in the European publics / Reports, questionnaires, and codebooks / European Union (since 1973); Central and Eastern Europe (since 1990).

EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Primary Source Documents (from Herder to World War I) / Links to Nationalism Pages.

EUROPEAN ROMA RIGHTS CENTRE: Reports / Legal database from the European Court of Human Rights dealing with Roma issues / Links / E-Journal: Roma Rights Quarterly (since 1996).

FEDERAL RESEARCH DIVISION: COUNTRY STUDIES: Federal Research Division / The Library of Congress ( USA ) / Country Studies with a historical setting (101 units) / Country Profiles / Country bibliographies / Search by countries, and by topics.

FIRST – STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute / The integrated database system contains information from 20 research institutes around the world / FIRST covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as violent and non-violent conflicts, peace keeping, arms production and trade, and military expenditure / Search by country or by a group up to six countries.

FOOTNOTES TO HISTORY: An overview of ephemeral states, micronations, free cities, and secessionist states in history, mostly from the modern times / Editor: James L. Erwin.

FORUM OF FEDERATIONS: International organization based in Ottawa , and engaged in programs of mutual cooperation designed to help develop best practices in federal countries / Useful links for every each country (25) / Federalism Library / English – French.

FREEDOM HOUSE: Seated in Washington D.C., this non-partisan organisation works to advance the worldwide expansion of political, economic and religious freedom / Annual Ratings, based on the state of political rights and civil liberties, covering 192 countries and several related and disputed territories (since 1999) / Table listing all Country Ratings from 1972 through 2005.

GENOCIDE / POLITICIDE PROJECT: Center for International Development and Conflict Management / University of Maryland / Dataset on genocides and political mass murders from 1955 to 2002 / Editor: Barbara Harff.

GENOCIDE RESEARCH PROJECT: University of Memphis & Pennsylvania State University , Altoona College / Bibliographies (recent and selected) / Meta Links.

THE GLOBAL IDP PROJECT: Norwegian Refugee Council / Monitoring internal displacement worldwide and working for better protection and assistance of the displaced people are the aims of these Geneva-based project / Database featuring over 50 country profiles.

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Maps on systems of government (1900 up to 1990), wars and mass murders, population, urban growth and socio-economic conditions / Global timelines by quarter / Editor: Matthew White.

HISTORY GUY: THE WAR LIST: Lists of historical wars in the last two centuries / Separate pages for several conflicts / Editor: Roger Lee.

HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONA: International or Regional Instruments (full text or excerpts) / Case Law / Reports / Links / Papers / Interesting issues: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Right of peoples to self-determination; Rights of indigenous peoples; Rights of migrants / English – French / Editor: Ludovic Hennebel.

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESEARCH: INCORE / University of Ulster / Guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity / Search by country, topic, or peace agreement / On-line Book reviews / Bibliographies.

INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Institut für öffentliches Recht / Berne University / English translations of constitutional documents from around 90 countries / Editor: Axel Tschentscher.

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: International NGO based in Brussels / Reports by country and by key word / CrisisWatch is a monthly bulletin designed to provide a regular update on all the most significant conflicts around the world / CrisisWatch Database provides information on conflict developments since 2003 / Research resources / Links.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAMME: Programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important issues for social science research (39 countries) / Interesting topics: social values, religion, national identity, citizenship / Data-sets, codebooks, and questionnaires can be ordered from the ISSP Archive in the Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung at the University of Cologne .

INTERNET MODERN HISTORY SOURCEBOOK: NATIONALISM: History primary sourcebooks dealing with nation and nationalism in the Western world / Texts from the end of the 18 th century till the beginning of the 20 th century / Editor: Paul Hallsall.

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION: International Organization of Parliaments of sovereign States, established in 1889, and based in Geneva / Parline Database provides general information on national parliament's chambers, status of its members, electoral system and results of the most recent elections / Parlit Database offers near 40.000 bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, and on electoral systems, constitutional law, and political science / Women in Politics Database contains bibliographic references on books and articles dealing with women in politics.

LATINOBARÓMETRO: Corporación Latinobarómetro (Santiago del Chile) / Reports on surveys carried since 1995 in 18 countries / Main topics: Democracy and Public Policies; International Relations and Regional Integration; Social Values / English – Spanish / Executive Director: Marta Lagos.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS STATISTICAL AND DISARMAMENT DOCUMENTS: Northwestern University ( Illinois ) Library's digital collection / Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations (1926-1942/4) / Documents on international disarmament.

MINELRES: MINORITY ELECTRONIC RESEARCH: Electronic resources on minority human rights in Eastern and Central Europe / Selected bibliographies / Minority related national legislation / Country reports / Links.

LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE: CARTOGRAPHIE: Collection of maps edited by Le Monde Diplomatique since 1997 / French / Editor: Philippe Rekacewicz.

NATIONALISM.ORG: Papers on Russian nationalism / Commonwealth of Independent States / Links / Russian – English.

THE NATIONALIST PROJECT: University of Wisconsin-Madison / One of the Internet's leading resources for the study of nationalism / Bibliography of Journal Articles / Book reviews / Abstracts / Bibliographies / Research Centres / Call for Papers / Links / Editor: Eric Zuelow.

THE 1911 EDITION ENCYCLOPEDIA: Containing over 40,000 articles, the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica offers useful entries on all countries, and its dependencies, at the beginning of the 20 th century.

THE PEW GLOBAL ATTITUDES PROJECT: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press / The Project is a series of public opinion surveys conducted in 50 countries worldwide / It aims to measure changes in attitudes toward democracy, globalization, the place of religion in social life, and the role of women in societies

POLITY IV PROJECT: Center for International Development and Conflict Management / University of Maryland / Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2003 contains coded annual information on regime and authority characteristics for all independent states (with greater than 500,000 total population) / Regional and Country Trends Graphs, 1946-2003 / Country Reports, 2003 / Project Director: Monty G. Marshall.

THE RISE OF MODERN CONSTITUTIONALISM (1776-1849): International project based at the University of Kassel / Facsimile edition of all national or state constitutions proclaimed between 1776 and 1849 / Documents can be accessed from either an alphabetical or chronological listing / Project Director: Horst Dippel.

SELF-DETERMINATION IN FOCUS: International Relations Center / Bibliography on self-determination conflicts / Regional Conflicts Profile / Links to research centres.

SOCIAL SCIENCE SITES: Meta Links on governance, representation and political ideologies / Research Centres / Editor: Frederick W. Riggs.

THE UNITED NATIONS AND DECOLONIZATION: UN Documents on Decolonization, Eradication of Colonialism and Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories (1945 to the present).

UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTATION CENTRE: Full text resolutions and decisions and selected sessional documents, and speeches from the UN General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, and International Court of Justice.

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: Reports and Statistics on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons / Trends in asylum applications and in refugee status determination / UNHCR Statistical Yearbook (since 2001).

UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANISATION: International organization of indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent territories aiming to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them / Mission reports / Links to NGOs and movements.

WEB GENOCIDE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE: University of the West of England / Resources on Genocide, War Crimes and Mass Killing / Book Reviews / Case studies / Meta Links / Editor: Stuart D. Stein.

THE WORLD FACTBOOK: Central Intelligence Agency / US Government / See: “Notes and Definitions”.

WORLDSTATESMEN: Encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and dependencies / Chronologies / National flags / National anthems: lyrics in national language(s) with an English translation / Meta Links / Editor: Benjamin Cahoon.

THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS RESOURCES: Elizabethtown College (USA) / Peace, Conflict Resolution, and International Security / International Relations Journals and Magazines / Meta Links to Global and Cross-Cultural Issues / Editor: Wayne A. Selcher.