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Links To Political Science Web Sites

The Uniform Resource Locators (URL’s) listed below represent a small sampling of the many links available to students of Political Science. Many of these links are starting points from which you can find more specific information. I hope that this helps students of Political Science who are unsure of where to start looking in the vast expanse of cyberspace.

For 2004, Bush's Aides Plan Late Sprint for Re-election This Yahoo! reprint from the April 22, 2003 edition of the New York Times highlights the many facets of political strategy. In particular, it demonstrates the continued importance of media and money in formulating a campaign strategy in the world after the passage of McCain-Feingold.

Loyal Electors Expect to Toe the Party Line This November 8, 2000 piece from the New York Times provides an accurate and timely explanation of the constitutional underpinnings of the Electoral College. Beyond the theoretical, it also explains the real ways in which the electors behave in the present day.

The Challenge Of Democracy Homepage This is a page constructed specifically for use in conjunction with our textbook. It provides links to the Web pages found in the margins of the text. It also provides synopses of each chapter, and was the source of the IDEAlog game that we used.

Order vs. Liberty Written by Larry Gragg, this piece of scholarship considers an important aspect of politics in an historical context. The conflict of order vs. liberty is one of the basic problems of democracy, and this article examines the issue in terms of the Alien and Sedition acts of 1798. This gives an additional example of what the AP text calls one of the dilemmas of government.

University At Binghamton Political Science Department Home Page Most valuable for links to research and its link to The Political Handbook Of The World, written by Professor Banks.

University At Albany Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy The department’s site has recently undergone major construction. It contains links to the departments of other schools. Also on this site you will find links to many sites of great use to students of political science.

Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall This is the web site run by the creator of the comic strip “Doonesbury”, Gary Trudeau. The strip often tackles social and political issues.

The Yale Political Quarterly
They put it best themselves: “...an undergraduate publication that presents researched analysis of current topics in the national and international political scenes. We espouse no one set of beliefs, but rather print articles which represent a wide range of political opinion. Robert Kagan and Joseph Rose founded the YPM in 1979 for the purpose of promoting informed debate and reasoned discussion.” NOTE: This site has not been updated since before the elections of 2000. Despite this, the archived journal articles provide important research data and analysis.

American Political Science Association From the home page: “The American Political Science Association is the major professional society for individuals engaged in the study of politics and government. APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors.”

Louisiana State University Research Resource Page The scope of this page is extraordinary. Arguably the only page you need to begin serious research in the field.

There are some pages posted by the College Board, the organization that develops and administers the Advanced Placement programs and examinations. They follow:
AP Government and Politics This page is specific to the Advanced Placement Government and Politics course. Information on the exam, sample questions, and links to various sources are available here. Sources include links to Congressional resources, and Political Science journals.

Advanced Placement Program A general page for information about the Advanced Placement program. Especially useful for those who are taking their first AP course.

Usenet Groups

Sometimes known as “newsgroups,” these are essentially electronic bulletin boards not unlike those you might find on AOL. These ARE NOT chat rooms. However, there is a low signal-to-noise ratio. Be especially skeptical of information you read here. Question the sources. Also, please ignore the “flaming” and the get-rich-quick advertisements. These can be useful, or they can be a waste of time. The names of the newsgroups are supposed to be guides for the subject matter, and this is often followed, although some choose to ignore the topic.

ab.politics To be honest, I am not sure what “ab” stands for. Not that it matters. I saw an interesting discussion of the Canadian health care system here.

alt.politics.reform Noteworthy for the fact that it is among the newsgroups that the White House sends its press releases to.

alt.politics.usa.constitution A better signal-to-noise ratio than most. More often than with other groups, people stay on topic.

talk.politics.theory This newsgroup also tends towards higher ground. Discussions of truly worthy theoretical and practical issues exist here.

There are many other “alt.politics...” and “talk.politics...” groups. Some useful, some a waste of time. Try those above to start, there is enough information there to sift through.
As stated above, this is merely intended as a set of suggested places to start. Feel free to use any of the search engines that exist on the web to find more. Enjoy!!



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