LibGuides: Political Science: Comparative Politics

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This page contains internet resources on comparative politics, including websites with country information, information on specific regions, and data and statistics.

Comparative Politics

Country Information

CIA -- The World Factbook
Comprehensive list of basic country-specific information. No longer available in a print edition. The CIA has made a decision to focus Factbook resources exclusively on the World Wide Web online edition, which is updated with new material every two weeks.
Country Reports
More than 26,000 pages of content covering statistical, historical, and cultural information about countries around the world.
State Dept. Country Background Information
Compiled by the U.S. Government. Includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

CultureGrams
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Basic facts about history, culture and lifestyles in 187 countries.

Cultural reports for 187 countries and territories each including 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends.
Alternate name: Culturegrams World Edition

Specific Regions

Political Database of the Americas
Offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
LANIC: Latin America Network Information Center
Facilitates access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.
Europa
Official website of the EU.
European Union Bibliography
Extensive bibliography of the E.U.

EU Guide
Comprehensive introduction to the European Union and the EU-US relationship, developed especially for Americans.

Data and Statistics - See also the Data and Statistics Library Guide.

OECD Data
Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - data on economic and budget indicators for industrialized democracies.
Penn World Tables on Economic Indicators
The Penn World Tables are the definitive source for real national accounts data.
The World Bank: Data
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.
Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

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