Key Websites
CIA World Factbook
Good source of basic information on countries.
Global Site: Critical Gateway to World Politics, Society and Culture
Access to full text material relating to "social science in the global era". Based at the University of Sussex. All material is selected by an academic editorial board.
Intute: Politics
Good place to start to find academic Internet sites relating to all aspects of politics. Please note that as of August 2011 this site is no longer being updated.
Keele Guides to Government and Politics on the Internet
Collection of links to government and politics resources around the world, hosted by Keele University Politics Department.
Politics and International Relations Arena
Portal to internet based politics and international relations resources for academics, researchers, students and practitioners.
Political Science Resources
Excellent collection of Internet resources selected and maintained by Richard Kimber at Keele University. Select Area Studies for information on specific countries.
Political Studies Association
Useful for those studying comparative politics, the Political Studies Association web-site has over 12,000 links to political information sources on the internet. You may also use the comprehensive search engine. Links are grouped by country or by topic, and you can search for information using keywords. The PSA also contains information on conferences, publications, and politics departments worldwide.
Social, Economic and Political Change
Links to full text articles and books relating to social change.
Socialsciencespace
Socialsciencespace is an online community that brings together social scientists and policy-makers to explore, share and shape the big issues in social science and public policy. It brings together blogs, a forum for discussions, a resource centre with free videos, reports and slides, as well as funding, events, training and job opportunity notices.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
SSRN eLibrary contains both an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 376,000 working papers and forthcoming publications, as well as an Electronic Paper Collection containing over 300,000 downloadable full text documents in pdf format. Collections include politics, economics and finance.
