Wellesley College

Political Science 100

Introduction to Political Science

Professor William A. Joseph

Resources: Democratic Transitions

adapted from Freedom House logo www.freedomhouse.org

Books,Chapters, Articles:

Anderson,Lisa, ed. Transitions to Democracy. New York, 1999.

Haggard,Stephan, Kaufman, and Robert R. The Political Economy of DemocraticTransitions. Princeton, 1995.

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, and Downs, George W. , "Development and Democracy," in Foreign Affairs, September-October 2005.

Internet:

United Nations Human Development Report 2002:Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World

Elections Around the World (http://www.electionworld.org/). Includesdetailed elections results and information about political parties andparliaments.

International Institute forDemocracy and Electoral Assistance(http://www.idea.int/). Extensive electoral data, including voter turnout since1945.

Political Resources on the Net(http://www.politicalresources.net/). An excellent source for politicalinformation about most any country in the world.

WorldAudit (http://www.worldaudit.org/).A web source for country-by-country information on democracy, human rights, andcorruption.

International Foundation forElection Systems (IFES) Election Guide(http://www.ifes.org/eguide/elecguide.htm)

Freedom House(www.freedomhouse.org). Especially useful is the annual Freedom in the World Annual Surveyof Political Freedoms and Civil Liberties

Community of DemocraciesConference, Warsaw, June 2000(http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/democracy/cdi_index.html)

US Department of State BackgroundNotes(http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html).

CNN World(http://WWW.CNN.COM/WORLD/). For information on recent events in countriesaround the world. Of particular interest: CNN World Election Watch(http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/)

CIA World Factbook(http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html). Statisticalinformation for all countries.