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Political Science
 
CIA Fact Sheets
Allows one to select a country and become acquainted with the many aspects of said country, including economic, military, and geographic to list a few. Also includes a map of each country and introductory background. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html

Center for Democracy & Technology
Documents and position papers in the public policy debates affecting the future of free
expression and privacy in the Information Age.
http://www.cdt.org/

Euroguide
A subject gateway to authoritative Web sites that contain information about the European
Union.
http://www.euroguide.org/euroguide/subject-listing/

Human Rights Documentation Center
Links to:
Access Human Rights -
A portal to human rights resources on the internet.
World Conference Against Racism - NEW: HRF Daily Publication at the Conference.
National Human Rights Institutions - Reports and selected links.
Human Rights Features - A bi-monthly news feature service.
Training Programmes - International human rights training workshops for local organisations.
Publications - This page contains publications of HRDC and links through the publications of its sister organisation.
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Asia Pacific Human Rights Network - Links through to our sister organisation.
http://www.hrdc.net/

Law Reference at Cornell
Offers access to recent Supreme Court decisions, as well as a growing collection of historic decisions. Decisions of some lower courts are also available, as well as important statutes, international treaties, law journals and links to legal material elsewhere on the Internet.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

League of Women Voters
This well known nonpartisan political organization disseminates information on voting,
government and public policy issues.
http://www.lwv.org/

Media Research Center
A conservative media watchdog organization whose mission is "to bring political balance to the nation's news and entertainment media." Useful for studying the conservative view of current events.
http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Nations of the World: (nations and associated jurisdictions)

As nations of the world become increasinly interrelated, citizens need to learn about the citizens of other countries and become familiar with cultures of the numerous and divergent peopled who comprise humankind. Knowledge and understanding of the laws of various nations and their associated jurisdiction is essential. This Web site is a brilliant and exhaustive attempt to deliver such information. It emphasizes links that offer the full texts of laws regulations, and court decisions, along with expert commentary from prcaticing legal professionals. The site is intended to serve both professional and general readers. Accordingly, access to information, ability to download or print, and ability to disseminate the information is very easy for novices as well as seasoned Internet users.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html

Native American Legal Resources
Links to the Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project which leads to Tribal
Constitutions, Tribal Codes and other Native American legal documents.
http://www.law.ou.edu/indian/

Project Vote Smart
Aims to provide the voter with factual information about the national political system, issues,
candidates and elected officials. A helpful feature allows you to determine who your elected
officials are by entering your zip code.
http://www.vote-smart.org/

Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: politics government etc
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources is an extensive collection of over 3200 links to the major political and governmental sites around the world.
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

Political Science Resources on the Web
From the University of Michigan’s Document Center.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html

Southern African Freedom Struggles 1950-1994
The first phase of the DISA project, South Africa's Struggle for Democracy: Anti-Apartheid Periodicals, 1960-1994, has made accessible online to scholars and researchers worldwide South African serial literature of high socio-political interest that would otherwise be difficult to locate and use.
http://disa.nu.ac.za/

 
 
 

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