PSC 359 Topics in Comparative Politics: Democratic Governance

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

R.940.503 E89a
LCR; LPR

 

R. 324.203 W927d3 LPR

 

R. 324.203 W927d3
LPR

Europa Yearbook. 2 vols. London: Europa Publications. Annual
  • Includes all nations and international organizations. Provides detailed summary of a nation's history, and political, economic, social and demographic trends. Lists addresses of government offices.

World Development Indicators. Washington D.C : The World Bank. Annual

  • Topical arrangement of statistics for over 200 countries. Data on people, environment, economy, markets. Time series data also available in electronic version (see under Databases on Library Home Page

    • World encyclopedia of political systems and parties. New York : Facts On File, c1999.

    • Country by country listings

    DATABASES FOR FINDING BOOKS AND ARTICLES

    lllinet Online Catalog for books at DePaul and 45 other academic Libraries in Illinois
    ABI/Inform Management, marketing, accounting (1971-) Includes international business information and some Full text
    Academic Universe Academic Universe provides a wide range of news, business, and reference information. Select Country Profiles
    Access UN Indexes current United Nations documents and publications; with some full text
    Britannica.com Online Version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, including Britannica Book of the Year articles.
    Econlit Indexes economics literature (1969-)
    EIU.com Current awareness service with daily updates on economic and financial news in 200 countries; with full text.
    facts.com News and current events; contains the Facts on File Weekly News Digest plus other support information
       
    Global Newsbank International news sources with material from wire services, broadcasts, transcripts, newspapers. Full text
    PAIS Public affairs and policy (1972-) Includes references to articles, books, gov't documents
    Periodical Abstracts Indexes journals in many academic fields; with abstracts and some full text.
    Social Sciences Abstracts Social sciences, business and politics (1983-)
    Sociological Abstracts Access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (1974-)
    ViewsWire International business , international

    Electronic Journal: Journal of Democracy

    WEBSITES

    Governments on the World Wide Web
    Parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies and city councils in 200 countries. Includes links to online encyclopedia entries, travel info and more

    Library of Congress Country Studies
    Political, economic, social and cultural information on more than 100 countries. Formerly known as Area Handbooks.

    Political Reference Almanac
    Government profiles of 192 nations, including cabinets, legislatures, courts, economic statistics, and more. Biographical profiles of U.S. government officials and detailed descriptions of all U.S. federal government agencies.

    World Constitutions and International Treaties
    Constitutions of 137 nations and a subject guide to international treaty resources.

    Rights & Democracy: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
    Rights & Democracy is a Canadian institution that works with citizens' groups and governments in Canada and abroad to promote human and democratic rights.    http://www.ichrdd.ca/111/english/contentsEnglish.html

    Worldaudit home page
    World-wide focus on democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law. Country reports, democracy audits and many links to other sites.
    http://worldaudit.org/

    World Policy Institute
    Policy research and advocacy on critical world problems. At New School University     http://worldpolicy.org/

     

    US GOVERNMENT- FOREIGN POLICY

    http://www.state.gov

    http://www.wmd.org/ndri/ndri-associates.html

    HUMAN RIGHTS

    Amnesty International
    A worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards     http://www.amnesty.org/

    Human Rights Library (U. of Minnesota)
    Documents, materials and Web search engines concerning human rights worldwide     http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

    http://www.humanrightswatch.org/

    http://www.freedomhouse.org/

    ECONOMIC DATA—IFIs

    http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital/index.htm

    http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

    http://www.imf.

    LATIN AMERICA

    Political Database of the Americas
    Documentary and statistical political information on Latin America.     http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/

    Washington office on Latin America
    http://www.wola.org/

    http://lanic.utexas.edu/

    SURVEYS

    http://www.globalbarometer.org/

    http://www.latinobarometro.org

    LEGACIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM

    http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/globalstudies/LOA/