Bridget Welsh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
School of Social Sciences,
Singapore Management University


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    International Cooperation and War

    Political Leadership




Introducing Political Science

   American Political Science Association

   International Political Science Association

   IPSA Portal (Top 300 Sites)

   Political Studies Association (UK)    

State Formation and States

    Lists of Recognised States

        UN Member States

        US State Department's List of States

    Key Treaties for the State in International Relations

        Treaty of Westphalia

        Convention on Rights and Duties of States (Montevideo Convention)

    State Formation and Types of States

        Historical Atlas Showing Development of Modern European States

        Warfare, Political Leadership, and State Formation:  The Case of the Zulu Kingdom, 1808-1879

        FP Failed States Index

        Index of Weak States in the Developing World (Brookings Institute)      

        An Introduction to Social Policy: The Welfare State (Robert Gordon University)

        British History: The Welfare State (BBC)

    Important Writers

        Max Weber's Politics as a Vocation

Political Regimes & Political Development

    Democracy Studies

       Freedom House

       Center for Voting and Democracy

       Accurate Democracy

       The Diffusion of Democracy

       Comparative Democratization Project

       Asian Values and Democracy in Asia

       Are Russians Undemocratic

    Regimes

        Regime Types; A Comparison Table (CCSU)

        Regime change: A look at Washington's methods - and degrees of success - in dislodging foreign         leaders

Political Ideology

   Political Ideology Definitions for the US

   Political Ideologies Quick Reference

   Centre for Political Ideologies

   Introduction to Political Philosophy & Ideologies

Political Mobilization & Interest Aggregation

   List of Political Parties

   Parties and Social Movements Resources Page

Political Institutions: Parliaments to Courts

    Constitutions

        Constitutions Finder

        National Constitutions

        Legislation Online - Constitutions

Political Identity and Nationalism 

    Nationalism

        The Nationalism Project

        National Liberation or Regional Autonomy  

        NativeWeb Resouces

        Global Review of Ethnopolitics

Political Economy and Development

    Political Economy

        Political Economy Research Institute

        Political Economy Bibliography

        Washington Post Political Economy Panel

        IPEZone Blog (LSE Students)

    Development

        World Bank

        UN Development Programme

        Human Development Reports

        Millenium Development Goals

        OECD Development Reports

Human Rights

   United for Human Rights

   Human Rights Watch

   Amnesty International

   Human Rights Links

   Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Links

   Icelandic Human Rights Center

   Human Rights Correspondence School

Conflict and Violence

    Minorities at Risk

   Program for the Study of Contentious Politics (Cornell University)

   Yale East Timor Project

   Major Episodes of Political Violence

International Cooperation and War

   Conflict Barometer

   Foreign Affairs Magazine

   Foreign Policy Journal

   Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (Carleton University)

   Council on Foreign Relations

   International Relations and Security Network

Political Leadership

   Leadership Theories

   The Myth of Political Leadership

   On Leadership (The Washington Post)

   Political Leadership (Harper's Magazine)


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