Political Anthropology: Country Profiles & Social Science Data on the Web
Cultural & Indigenous Research Information
- World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous PeopleThis resource comes from Minority Rights Group International.
Country Profiles
- Background NotesInformation on economic conditions, geography, government & political conditions, history, people, & U.S. relations for all nations. Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.
- BBC Country ProfilesProfiles the history, politics, media, economic conditions, & statistical data for nations.
- CIA World FactbookProvides information from the US Central Intelligence Agency on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- Country StudiesDetailed studies of countries with a focus on economic conditions, geography, government & politics, history, national security, society, & transportation & telecommunications. Compiled by the US Library of Congress.
- Foreign Information by CountryInformation and links organized by country.
- Nations of the World - Library of CongressAn annotated guide to sources of information on government and law. Includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information for different nations.
Social Surveys
- EurobarometerPublic opinion surveys from the European Commission.
- World Values Survey PublicationsFind publications from the World Values Survey.
- World Public OpinionResearch into public opinion around the world.
- Pew International Affairs ProjectDatasets and Survey Reports from the Pew Research Center on global issues.
- European Values StudyComprehensive Values Study conducted in Europe. Survey data is downloadable from this site.
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)Archives social science data that includes aging, child care, criminal justice, demography, education, political science as well as public and mental health.
- OECD iLibraryProvides full text access to books, journals, and statistical databases produced by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) online library.
