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Resources on Political Organizations and Parties:

This page provides information on resources relevant to to political organization and parties. We welcome member contributions to this listing. To submit a listing e-mail the webmaster, Mike Charlebois, at mcharleb@capc.umd.edu.

POP Syllabus Project
A collection of syllabi from section members for courses related to POP topics.

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
CSES is a collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world. Participating countries include a common module of survey questions in their post-election studies.

Database of Party Laws
This Database of Party Laws was created by Kenneth Janda of Northwestern University for a research project on political parties supported by the National Democratic Institute in Washington, DC. It contains information on 1,100 party laws in 169 countries.

IDEA Homepage
A global collection of statistics on voter turnout, party finance, electoral processes, women in politics, and other related data.

SUNY Binghamton, Election Results Archive
The Archive currently contains election results starting in 1974 from 134 countries that have met a minimum threshold of democratic performance (at least 5.5 on Freedom House ratings).

50th Anniversary, APSA Report on Responsible Parties
In 2000 the POP Section commemorated the 50th anniversary of the APSA "Responsible Parties" report with a set of panels and material on the report and subsequent writings on the topic.