Global billionaires and political power
Global billionaires political power list New From the Brookings Institution and based on a forthcoming book by Darrell West, this is a ranking of political power exercised by the top 15 billionaires. The site also links to associated podcasts and papers explaining the methodology and the relationship between wealth and political power.
Feminism
The Fawcett Society launch new blog: Feminist Matters It will cover a range of topics from a feminist perspective. First topics covered are the labour party conference and its relevance to women. He for she campaign launched by the United Nations to campaign for gender equality launched by actor Emma Watson UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador. […]
Who runs Britain?
Who runs Britain 2014 The second annual report from Counting Women which examines women’s participation in public life in the UK. It find that although women are 51% of the population – they are under represented in politics, parliament and local government. For a different viewpoint see Elitist Britain the new report from the Social Mobility […]
DCSSA
Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa Useful searchable site created by Holzinger, Kern, and Kromrey in 2013. Includes recent and historic versions in full text. Includes links to official websites where available.
Global Peace Index 2014
Global Peace Index 2014 released This is compiled by The Institute for Peace and Economics and ranks 162 nations according to levels of peacefulness. The definition uses 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators, the full methodology of which are described on the website. These include military spending, homicides and violent crime. There is also separate UK […]
Iraq, Syria and the Middle East
Iraq Syria and the Middle East: an essay by Tony Blair Read the essay from Former British Prime minister on his official website to find out what he thinks Western governments should do. Need to find out more about Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)? Try the starting points listed below. A good basic […]
Twitter and government bodies
CIA launch Twitter account. Their first post was ‘we can neither confirm or deny that this is our first tweet.’ See the response from WikiLeaks… Gov twit has a useful directory of US government Twitter accounts. For UK tweet minister has lists of MPs
NATO duty map
NATO on Duty A new official interactive map has been launched by NATO based on Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) software. Find out about current missions and partnerships. It also some links to stories and case studies provided by NATO.
Political Data Yearbook
Political Data Yearbook Published by Wiley on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research. This online interactive version offers free access to annual summaries and analysis of elections, cabinet changes and other political events contained in the Political Data Yearbook country chapters. Most statistics covers 1992-2012 with annual updates. Topics covered include: voter turnout, percentage […]
Attitudes towards Europe
Measuring Party Positions on Europe: The Chapel Hill Expert Surveys These provide free access to quantitative data on national political party positions towards European integration. The first survey was conducted in 1999, with subsequent waves in 2002, 2006, 2010. The number of countries covered has increased from 14 Western European countries in 1999 to 24 […]
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