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WWW Sites related to Political Science

See also these pages for related links: History

Kennedy School Online Political Information Network
Elections; directories; think tanks; advocacy (good list of grant givers here); and more political resources.

Liberal Information Page
Left side of the Net.

Right Side of the Web

Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life
A forum for work in cultural and critical theory discussing American leftist and progressive politics.

Economics and Politics
Economics and Politics carries the full text of articles and reports on such issues as the federal budget and taxes, labor markets, the distribution of income and wealth, monetary policy, and trade

Peace Tree
Provides web space for organizations and links resources available on the 'net devoted to diversity, justice, and peace. Includes Friends Committee on Legislation of California, Alternatives To Violence Programs, Food Not Bombs, Peaceworkers Int'l, Streetsheet (SF Coalition on Homelessness) and Ultimate Frisbee Benefits.

Political Parties
Annotated list of U.S. political parties with links to each party's home page.

Politics - The Best Congress Money Can Buy
Type in the name of a member of Congress and you get a simple-to-understand readout that shows the total dollars the member has received.

Federal Election Commission Information--Want to know who's funding Dole and Clinton? Who the top 100 contributors are in every state? What the $100,000-and-up-income-zip-codes are (your candidates do)? What PACs are the biggest givers, and to whom? Check this out.

White House: texts of speeches, press releases.

Political Humor, from Yahoo

The Almanac of American Politics
"The definitive guide to the American political scene. Written by renowned political writers Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa and published by National Journal, the Almanac provides colorful profiles and insightful analysis of all members of Congress and Governors -- and the people and politics of their districts and states." This site is searchable by state, name, senate committee, and house committee. You will also find demographic charts, campaign finance charts and a guide to votes.

A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
This is an alphabetical list of political economy terms.

The Jefferson Project
This mainly consists of links to various parties, both left and right as well as other parties, find political humor links here, publications, and state resources.

The Political Participation Project
This site comes from M.I.T. and is affiliated with the Intelligent Information Infrastructure Project. Its stated mission is "to design networked, interactive media that improve citizens' participation in the democratic process." Highlights of the site include a few publications, a bibliography (of text-based resources) of political uses of the Internet, and a Grassroots Directory of political organizations including names, addresses, phone numbers, annual budgets, and stated goals.

The Political Scientist's Guide To the Internet!
A good place and a visually appealing Web page to finding Political Science sites, as well as being an excellent research tool form student's of Political Science and Political Scientists.

The Political Science List of Lists
Here is a fairly comprehensive list of Political Science ListServs


The Clemson University Libraries contain many books, indexes, journals, documents, and media on this subject area. Check the Catalog and Article Indexes and Databases for print resources. Please consult a Reference Librarian for help in finding or using any research materials.


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