Web Links
Note: There are no Weblinks for Chapter 2.
Chapter 1: Political Science in an Era of Globalization
1. Political Resources on the Net
http://www.politicalresources.net/
Listings of political sites available on the Internet, sorted by country, with links to parties, organizations, governments, media, and more from all around the world.
2. International Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org
An alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers representing over sixty organizations in twenty-five nations, focusing on the consequences of globalization as it affects democracy, human welfare, local economies, and the natural world.
Chapter 3: Politics and Culture
1. Political Culture Questionnaire
http://www.pitt.edu/redsox/pol.cul.html
Register your thoughts regarding the U.S. system of governing and what is happening to it; receive a summary of current results from this ongoing survey (by e-mailing redsox@vms.cis.pitt.edu).
2. World Values Survey
http://wvs.isr.umich.edu/
A worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change covering more than sixty-five societies on all six inhabited continents.
Chapter 4: The Individual in Politics
1. Proportional Representation Library
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm
Information on proportional representation elections, including beginning readings, as well as in-depth articles, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to related Web sites.
2. Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.fairvote.org/
This nonpartisan and not-for-profit organization supports fair elections and studies how voting systems throughout the world influence participation, representation, and governance.
Chapter 5: Organizing for Politics: The Group
1. Center for Responsive Politics: Lobbyist Database
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp
A search engine allowing access to the amounts spent on lobbying by companies, labor unions, and other organizations in the United States.
2. The Media Ownership Chart
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/
Provides data regarding control of media by multinational corporations; raises questions regarding impact on news coverage, entertainment culture, and freedom of speech and democracy.
Chapter 6: Political Parties
1. Richard Kimber's Political Parties, Interest Groups and Other Movements Around the World
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/parties.htm
Links to Web sites of political parties, interest groups, and social movements, organized by country.
2. International Foundation for Election Systems Election Guide
http://www.electionguide.org
Provides an election calendar and information on electoral structures, parties, and candidates. Also gives links to country election authorities and summaries of election results, including voter turnout.
Chapter 7: Acting in International Politics
1. United Nations International Law
http://www.un.org/law/
Provides links to various international tribunals as well as international law commissions of the United Nations.
2. Center for International Environmental Law
http://www.ciel.org/
A not-for-profit law firm providing legal services relevant to international and comparative environmental law and policy around the world.
Chapter 8: Making the Laws
1. Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
Offers links to governmental sites on the Web. Includes institutions of the legislative branch as well as other government-related institutions.
2. Inter-Parliamentary Union
http://www.ipu.org/
The Union is the international organization of parliaments of sovereign states, established in 1889 and now working for the firm establishment of representative democracy. The site lists all parliamentary Web sites and offers information on parliamentary democracy.
Chapter 9: Making Government Work: Executives and Bureaucrats
1. Center for the Study of the Presidency
http://www.thepresidency.org/
Produces a series of reports on the U.S. presidency, government, and politics.
2. Rulers.org
http://www.rulers.org
Lists all heads of state and heads of government, as well as
de facto leaders; goes back to the eighteenth century in most cases. Also gives recent foreign ministers.
Chapter 10: Public Policy
1. Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/
Offers information on trade and globalization, the government and the economy, education, and labor standards.
2. Center for Economic Policy and Research
http://www.cepr.net/
Seeks to promote democratic debate on economic and social issues by presenting those issues in an accurate and understandable manner.
Chapter 11: Justice Under the Law
1. American Society of International Law
http://www.asil.org/
Dedicated to advancing the study and use of international law for nearly a century, the society now provides resource materials and a nonpartisan forum for debate and discussion on issues of law, international relations, and the increasing role of international law in public affairs.
2. Findlaw: Supreme Court
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html/
A searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1893.
Chapter 12: Levels of Government within the States
Local Government Commission
http://www.lgc.org
A forum and technical assistance program to enhance local governments' ability to create and sustain healthy environments, healthy economies, and social equity.
Chapter 13: International and Regional Government
1. United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Reporting on the work of the UN and its more than 30 affiliated organizations, this site is a compendium of information on the work being done internationally to promote respect for human rights, expand food production, stabilize financial markets, protect the environment, fight disease, foster development, reduce poverty, improve the safety and efficiency of transportation, improve telecommunications, and fight drug trafficking and terrorism.
2. United Nations Treaty Collection
http://untreaty.un.org/
Prepared and updated regularly by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs of the UN; offers access to over 40,000 treaties and international agreements.
Chapter 14: Political and Economic Globalization
1. International Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org/
An alliance of activists and scholars seeking to provide a forum for the discussion of the current restructuring of global politics and economics.
2. World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
Provides information on the World Bank's activities in more than 100 developing economies, including how the World bank liaises with government and civil society.
3. International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/
Current reports of the work of the IMF in its efforts to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
4. Globalization Issues
http://globalization.about.com/
Provides links to Web sites about the history, process, and pros and cons of globalization.
