Political Science: Special Topics

Legislative Branch (Congress)

Includes biographical and directory information about members of the House and Senate, committee memberships, terms of service, and related content.

Search for mayors by last name, city, state, or population.

(Library of Congress)

Funds projects to document democracy.

(Harvard University)

Introduction to federal and state-level politics and links to officials and candidates.

Descriptions of the history, geography, culture, government, politics, economics, climate, and transportation of nations worldwide. From the U.S. Department of State.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supplies dozens of facts for each country including data on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, and defense forces.

(Library of Congress)

Works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Worldwide movement to promote human rights

United Nations: Ranks countries on quality of life indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality, wealth, other criteria.

(University of Minnesota)

Created and maintained by "a network of journalists, writers and researchers trying to look beyond conventional economics and its notions of prosperity and progress," this Website features news, original articles, and reprints.

Serves as the people’s voice in the nation’s capital

Originally a military contractor, it performs research into all aspects of public policy.

Provides "a set of tools" that appraise state policy makers, the public, and the media of important developments occurring in the capitols of all 50 states. Features of the site include current and past news items on state government, statistical data and background information for every state, a library of updated data & tables, and developments for major political issues.

Special collections on U.S.-Mexico border issues, environmental conflict resolution, environmental policy in the Southwest (climate change, environmental health, and water resources), and American Indian policy.

Promotes limited government, individual liberty, and free markets.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Conservative think tank.

(Stanford University)

Links to various anti-war and/or liberal/ progressive websites.

Independent publishing and media group, whose mission is to "inform the international debate on conflict and provide training and a platform for independent media and other democratic voices."
John Locke Foundation: Conservative think tank, based in North Carolina.

Conservative think tank, based in North Carolina.

Develops and tests strategies that will strengthen the role of citizens in governing themselves.

"A non-partisan economic and social policy research organization."

An institute for advanced study, and a neutral forum for open, serious, and informed dialogue between pre-eminent thinkers and government policymakers.

From the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) contains current information on money that American politicians raise and spend.

Alternative news source containing articles from the world press on various current events, many of which are not available from the U.S. media.