GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS SOURCES

CIA World Fact Book. Information on government characteristics. Select issue and click again to see the measures of all countries on a given variable.

POLITICAL RISK SERVICES (PRS) - offers the Political Risk Yearbook, which shows country profiles of 140+ countries, and provides political forecasts. The website has data available (at a relatively inexpensive price per document) on topics ranging from corruption to ethnic tensions or financial risk.

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE is a research center on global issues at London School of Economics and Political Science. Include in their yearbook are graphs from economic, cultural, tourism, and health areas from numerous data sources listed throughout this project. Entire yearbook is downloadable.

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL provides information on a variety of governmental and public sector involvement, focusing on issues of political freedom and corruption levels. Free statistics available on-line.