Margaret Thatcher Foundation online papers
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/ The Foundation has released online private papers http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/1981cac4.asp from former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from 1981 which include coverage of private discussion with Rupert Murdoch about his bid to buy the Times newspaper. The website also contains biographical information plus numerous online speeches and quotes. http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/default.asp The BBC archive http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/thatcher/index.shtml also has a […]
US Election Advertising
Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews. Many newspapers also analyse the latest ads. See this example from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/ If you are interested in ads, the Living room candidate enables you to view examples from […]
Internet enemies report 2012
Reporters without Borders has publishes the Internet Enemies 2012 Report http://march12.rsf.org/en/#ccenemies This provides rankings and information on nations that censor internet access. Other useful sites on this topic: The Ifex international Freedom of Expression Exchange http://www.ifex.org/ is a good starting point; it aims to rapidly disseminate news and information about freedom of expression violations around the […]
Center for Women and Politics, Rutgers University
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/ Great starting point for finding academic information on Gender and the presidential elections. The 2012 project is aiming to increase female political participation. It includes: 2012 Women’s Election Tracker http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/site/pages/election_tracker.php which is following the progress of women through this election cycle – it has state by state statistics for women in Congress and state […]
US Census bureau historical voting publications
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections. Voting and Registration data has been collected biennially in the Current Population Survey since 1964. Data includes: Reported Voting and Registration by Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, and Age Groups: November 1964 to 2010. Also the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk collects and publishes the […]
Voter behaviour and the Internet
How the internet is changing voter behaviour; see this recent Google blog post: http://googlepolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-poll-how-web-is-connecting-voters.html
Syria
http://www.arableagueonline.org/ The official website of the Arab League has details on its English language version about its involvement in Syria. See the option on the left of the screen. This has news, protocols and information about its observer mission. Further details about the situation can be found on the United Nations website see its winds […]
Countries at the Crossroads 2011
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=702 Access the full text of this report from Freedom House. It analyses democratic governance in 35 nations it regards as being at a crossroads in the road to full democracy. These include a number of nations affected by the Arab spring. Topics covered include civil liberties, corruption and the rule of law. Other similar […]
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