POL 442 - Topics In Comparative Politics (Sarfati)

"The Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network that provides insight into the social, political, and economic attitudes and values of ordinary citizens across the Arab world. We have been conducting high quality and reliable public opinion surveys in the Middle East and North Africa since 2006."

The Comparative Constitutions Project provides "systematic data to comparative legal scholars for analysis long before they provide advice to constitution drafters."

"Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions so that users can systematically compare them across a broad set of topics — using an inviting, clean interface."

"ConstitutionNet is a project created to support legislators, constitutional lawyers and other constitutional practitioners in finding useful and relevant information, sharing knowledge and building a community of best practice."

This is a data source that provides country reports on the state of civil and political rights.

"The aim of this page is to provide policy makers, political actors and parties, gender equality advocates and election practitioners with an easily accessible resource on gender quotas."

The inter-parliamentary Union is an organization created to "protect and build global democracy through political dialogue and concrete action." This site provides information on women representation in worldwide legislatures.

"Jadaliyya is run and produced on a primarily voluntary basis by an editorial team and an expanding pool of contributors committed to discussing the Arab world and the broader Middle East on their own terms. Where others see only a security threat, conflict, or data on a graph, we see a region inhabited by living communities and dynamic societies. Jadaliyya generally does not provide honoraria for published arciles."

"MERIP provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of US policy in the region. MERIP seeks to reach academics, journalists, non-governmental and governmental organizations and informed citizens who want knowledgeable analysis and critical resources about contemporary political developments. Informed by scholarship and research, MERIP is a curated platform for critical analysis and discussion that brings informed perspectives to a broader audience."

This is a free database provided by Oxford University, where you can find democracy scores for each country.

"Annual Polity scores have been plotted for each of the 167 countries currently covered by the Polity IV data series for the period 1946-2013."

This site is a non-profit organization that provides analysis on democratization and U.S. democracy promotion in the Middle East.

"The State of Democracy assessment methodology helps citizens assess the quality of their democracy and define priority areas for policy and democratic reform. The assessment frameworks enable citizens to periodically monitor the health of their democracy and can contribute to strengthening national and local governments’ responsiveness."

This site aims to provide better indicators of democracy.

The most extensive public opinion survey conducted across the globe, this site provides survey data and tools to analyze data with regards to political culture.

"The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996–2016 "