Website: Introduction to Comparative Politics: Governance, Conflict, & Rights

Frequently Used

Start with these sources.

Correlates of War This link opens in a new window
Data on alliances, militarization, disputes, and other indicators of conflict since 1816.

ICRG Researchers Dataset (IRIS) - Carleton only
International Country Risk Group (ICRG) Researchers Dataset from the PRS Group features measures political and economic risk across 146 countries, 1984-2010.

Minorities at Risk This link opens in a new window
Tracks 283 politically-active non-state ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present. Based out of University of Maryland.
Pippa Norris Data This link opens in a new window
Variety of useful shared datasets covering regime types, elections, civil liberties, and much more.
Polity IV This link opens in a new window
Measures regime characteristics (democracy/autocracy) for all states over 500,000 from 1800 to 2008.
Uppsala Confict Data Program (UCDP) This link opens in a new window
Datasets on armed conflict between states, government against civilians, peace agreements between parties, and more.