Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials
Video and Multimedia
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Video
Video: Are Signing Statements an Abuse of Presidential Power?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veJwG8f0X3c
Video: Indian MP Argues That Presidentialism Would Be Better for India: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/presidential-system-better-for-india-tharoor/211907-5.html
Video: Congressional Gridlock in Congress over Immigration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZbGhCliiXs
Video: Mexico's Corruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVl--oTYcfA
Video: Michael Johnston Discusses Corruption in the Political System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtpejYvQ4hU
Web Resources
Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA): http://www.electiondataarchive.org
Golder, Matt, “Democratic Electoral Systems around the World, 1946–2011”: http://mattgolder.com/elections
Hyde, Susan, and Nikolay Marinov, National Elections across Democracy and Autocracy (NELDA): http://www.nelda.co/#
International Foundation for Electoral System, ElectionGuide: http://www.electionguide.org
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA): http://www.idea.int
Inter-Parliamentary Union, PARLINE Database on National Parliaments: http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
Johnson, Joel W., and Jessica S. Wallack, “Electoral Systems and the Personal Vote”: http://thedata.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/jwjohnson/faces/study/StudyPage.xhtml?...
University of California, San Diego, Lijphart Elections Archive: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/resources/data-gov-info-gis/ssds/guides/lij/