LibGuides: Political Studies: Recommended Websites

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Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
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Researchers and students use ICPSR to write articles, papers or theses using real research data, and to conduct secondary research to support findings or current research or to generate new findings. ICPSR data are also often used as introductory support material in grant proposals.
UN DATA UNdata is an internet-based data service which brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users.
OECD International organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy.
World Data Bank
Kitso (Research and Knowledge Management Newsletter) Inform our research associates and some stakeholders about the research that we conduct as a department, as well as the research that independent researchers do in/on the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN).
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Key Focus Area:
Governance & Administration

Focus Areas:
Education and Skills Development, History and Heritage

World Public Opinion WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues.
Pew Global Attitudes Project The Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project conducts public opinion surveys around the world on a broad array of subjects ranging from people’s assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day.
Afro Barometer An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa
South Africa Government Online
Statistics Africa The latest set of data from the World Bank on social and economic conditions across the African continent.
StatsOnline

South African Local Government Association (SALGA) The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is an autonomous association of municipalities with its mandate derived from the 2006 constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
Polity.org Policy, Law, Economics and Politics - Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
World Public Opinion.org WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues.
Good Governance Africa (GGA) Good Governance Africa (GGA) is a research and advocacy organisation based in Africa that works to improve government performance on the continent.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) CSVR is a multi-disciplinary institute involved in research, policy formation, community interventions, service delivery, education and training, as well as providing consultancy services.
South African History Online