Richard W. Frank | Political Science Links

Richard W. Frank

Political Science Links

I. Civil Conflict

Correlates of War

International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Political Instability Task Force

Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation

II. Development

Global Development Network

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

The Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalization and Poverty

III. Migration/Remittances

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Dilip Ratha’s homepage

Migration Policy Institute

Brussels Conference on Migration and Development

IV. Microfinance

Kiva.org

The Microfinance Gateway

Global Development Research Center

MIX Market

Microcredit Summit Campaign

V. Constitutions/Institutions

Richmond Constitution Finder

Institutions and Elections Project

Central Bank Websites

Library of Congress Country Studies

VI. Elections

Institutions and Elections Project

Center on Democratic Performance Elections Archive

Parline

IFES Election Guide

IDEA Voter Turnout

III. Quantitative Methods

Gary King

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods

IV. Agent-Based Modeling and Complex Systems Research

V. News Sources

BBC News — A good place to start

The Economist — A good place to continue

Financial Times — My favorite daily paper

The New York Times — My other favorite daily

Al Jazeera English — A different approach (with free streaming video)

France 24 — France’s own version of the BBC (with free streaming video)

Relief Web — Information geared towards the humanitarian community

IRIN News — Humanitarian news

Press and Sun-Bulletin — Our local Binghamton, NY paper

VI. Political Science Associations

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Peace Science Society (International)

International Studies Association

VII. Other Sites of Possible Interest

Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics, Forum Video Archive