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This page begins with some general world politics links, and then organizes links following the chapter topics in the course text.

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PAGE INDEX - GO TO:

GENERAL COMPARATIVE AND WORLDPOLITICS LINKS

Comparative Political Systems - Chapters 2-5
UTOPIAS: MODEL STATES
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
AUTHORITARIAN STATES: TRADITIONAL RULE
TOTALITARIAN STATES: FAILED UTOPIAS


Established and Emerging Democracies - Chapters 6-8
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
STATES IN TRANSITION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


Politics by Civil Means - Chapters 9-13
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
IDEOLOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES
PUBLIC POLICY


Politics by Violent Means - Chapters 14-16
REVOLUTION
TERRORISM
WAR


Politics Without Government - Chapters 17-18
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATIONS

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GENERAL COMPARATIVE AND WORLD
POLITICS LINKS

Political Science Resources
Political Resources on the Net
Tennessee Political Science Association - Political Information
        See, in particular, the Comparative Politics and International 
        Relations sections.
Kidon International Media Link
Ultimate Collection of News Links
Infonation - extensive global data
World Social Indicators
CIA Factbook
Political Leaders - 1945 to the present

 

UTOPIAS: MODEL STATES

Utopia on the Internet
Episteme Links - Plato
Episteme Links - Francis Bacon
Episteme Links - Karl Marx

CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

International Constitutional Law
The Constitution Society
Constitutional Classics
Episteme Links - John Locke
Selected Works of James Madison
Alexis DeTocqueville - Democracy in America

 

AUTHORITARIAN STATES: TRADITIONAL RULE

Nigeria: Politics and Government
Amnesty International - see individual country reports
        AI Report 1998 - Syria
Episteme Links: Aristotle
Episteme Links: Machiavelli

 

TOTALITARIAN STATES: FAILED UTOPIAS

The History Place - see the section on Nazi Germany
Waldon on Villians: Hitler
Soviet Archives Exhibit: Internal Workings of the Soviet System
Waldon on Villians: Stalin
Modern World History: Stalin
Totalitarianism in Europe, 1919-1939
The Political Writings of George Orwell

 

PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

The White House
United States: Politics and Government
U.K.: Politics and Government
U.K. Politics
U.K. Parliament Homepage
France: Politics and Government
French Studies on the Web
Germany: Politics and Government
Germany Online
Japan: Politics and Government
Japan: General Information Links
Japan Information Network
BehindThe Screen: Japan Links

 

STATES IN TRANSITION

Russia: Politics and Government
Russian and East European Network Information Center
REESWeb: Russia and Eastern Europe 
Russian and NIS Politics
China: Politics and Government
China: General Information Links
Interactive Central Asia Research Project

 

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

U.N. Development Programmme
The Group of 77
North-South Institute
        NSI Development Links
U.S. Agency for International Development
        USAID Development Links
African Studies WWW Links
Asian Studies Network Information Center
Latin America Network Information Center
Middle East Network Information Center

 

POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION

Civic Education Organizations
Virtual Knowledge: Political IQ Test
General Social Survey, 1999

 

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
PollingReport.com
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Elections and Electoral Systems Around the World
Political Resources on the Net - see the sections "Parties" and "Organizations," organized by country.

 

POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
Winston Churchill Homepage
Abraham Lincoln Online
Anwar el-Sadat - Biography
History Page: Huey Long
The Fight for America: Sen. Joe McCarthy
Vaclav Havel - Biography
The King Center
Rosa Parks: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Page
The Jacob Wetterling Foundation

 

IDEOLOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES

American Conservative Union
American Nihilism Asociation
Anarchist Library
Captain Edmund Sylvers Ideology Center
Christian Coalition
Democratic Socialists of America
Fascism
Libertarian.org
Politics1: Directory of Political Debates and Issues - see the sections on ideological groups, right, left, and libertarian
Socialist International
Turn Left
World Communist and Worker's Parties
World Liberalism


PUBLIC POLICY

Policy.com
Politics1: Directory of Political Debates and Issues
National Security.org
The National Budget Simulator
The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project

 

REVOLUTION

The American Revolution Project
Liberty: The American Revolution
The French Revolution Homepage
The French Revolution, 1789-1793
Edmund Burke Page
Episteme Links - Tom Paine
Episteme Links - John Locke

 

TERRORISM

Terrorism Research Center
Terrorism Legislation and Executive Orders
The Counter-Terrorism Page
Profiles of Terrorist Groups

 

WAR

Current Conflicts
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for Defense Information
NATO
Stockholm International Peace Research Instituute (SIPRI)  
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research
War, Peace, and Security - WWW Links
Just War Theory

The text discusses the views of a number of political theorists on the nature and cause of war.  Episteme links to the work of most of them are available:
        Hobbes                        Nietzsche
        Rousseau                   St. Augustine
        Kant                              Plato
        Hegel                            Machiavelli

      

       
       INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Center for Security Studies and Conflict Resolution
Council on Foriegn Relations
Cold War Hot Links
Human Rights Web
Planet Nation - nationalism links
Soviet Archives Exhibit: The Cold War

 

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATIONS

DiploNet
Europa: European Union
Global Link
International Organization Links
International Law
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
United Nations
World Trade Organization