"A fourth sector:
The impact of neo-liberalism on non-profit organizations";
"Environmentalism, conservative politics, minor parties and electoral
competition in Australia: The case of the liberals for forests":
"Magical thinking: the rise of the community development model";
"Globalization and the shifting 'Standard of Civilization' in international
society";
"Has identity politics shifted feminism to the right?";
"Xenophobia: Is it enough? Far right populist parties in Australia and
Europe";
"Information flow and voter decision-making in the 2001 Australian federal
election: The role of international and domestic issues"
"The scope of the implied freedom of political communication in Australia";
"The ambiguous role of civil society in deliberative democracy";
"The tradition of Jewish anti-Zionism in the Galician socialist movement";
"Security, sovereignty and identity"; and
"Who’s afraid of populism? American populism, conservatism, and welfare
reform."
Topics vary but this
site is home to a public policy research institute that seeks to introduce
western perspectives into current Canadian policy debates.
The subjects of the
Endowment span geographic regions and the relations among governments,
business, international organizations and civil society. It also focuses on
the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change. The
Endowment helps develop a tradition of public policy analysis in the states of
the former Soviet Union and improve relations between Russia and the United
States.
Since the
Carter Center's founding by President and Mrs. Carter in 1982, the center has
produced regular studies and research reports on its work to advance peace and
health worldwide. Its working papers and publications provide insight into the
practical application of approaches to closing the growing gap between the
rich and the poor worldwide--the single biggest challenge facing the world
today. The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, has been
working to distribute its publications library so that it is more easily
available to the public and academic community. The link above goes to the
working papers section of its peace program, and the following link goes to
its section of papers that regards its health program:
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/healthpgm1.htm.
University of
California. CCIS is an interdisciplinary, multinational research and training
program devoted to comparative (especially cross-national) work on
international migration and refugee movements. Its main intellectual agenda is
to systematically compare the U.S. immigration experience - historical and
contemporary -- with that of other labor-importing countries in other regions
(especially the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Western Europe).
Harvard University.
The main function of the center is to bridge the gaps between disciplines and
to push forward the science of explaining the sources of and remedies for
entrenched global poverty and the political and environmental circumstances
that surround it. Africa, China, India, and Mexico comprise the focus of
several papers.
"How America Views China-South Korea
Bilateralism" (2002-2003);
"Civil Service Reforms in Hong Kong After the Transfer of Sovereignty"
(2002-2003);
"China's Emerging Civil Society" (2002-2003);
"New Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The Russian Factor" (2001-2002);
"Impact of 9.11 on Sino-U.S. Relations: A Preliminary Assessment" (2001-2002);
"Whither East Asian Economic Integration?" (2001-2002);
"Maintaining Stability in Rural China: Challenges and Responses" (2001-2002);
"Japan's Security Environment" (2001-2002); and
"Evolution of Japan's Policy Toward Economic Integration" (2001-2002).
The multifold goals
of CRLGS are: (1) to examine the emerging role of Latinos as actors in global
economic, political, and cultural events; (2) to promote Latino scholarship;
(3) to enhance the quality of research in Latino studies; (4) to provide a
forum for intellectual exchange and the dissemination of research findings;
and (5) to promote the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in
research on Latino issues.
Heavily
sociological, the center has papers on such topics as Cultural Studies,
Disabilities, Energy, Feminist Technoscience, Globalization, Health,
Information Technology, Materiality, New Reproductive Technologies, and
Organizations and Work.
The CIS is a joint
project of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University of
Zurich. It specializes in the fields of international relations, security
studies, and conflict research. The papers available represent global security
issues; security-related aspects of the foreign policy of nations; and
transatlantic relations and the architecture of European security.
The Center for the
Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine publishes research
papers on democracy. Like the Center itself, the topics may range from the
problems of democratic transitions to the expansion of the democratic process
in advanced industrial democracies. The series is multidisciplinary in its
research approach, as well as diverse in its definition of democratization
topics. These papers can be downloaded and printed for classroom use without
charge.
Yale University. The link goes
to Yale Global Online,
which is the major publication of the center. Subject matter includes
articles, essays, excerpts from books, and book reviews. An important feature
of the YaleGlobal is collection and analytical indexing of articles found on
other sites. The index includes a short interpretive blurb on the cited
article explaining its significance.
University of Warwick. Example
titles include
"Regionalism and the Emerging World Order: Sovereignty, Autonomy, Identity"
(1999);
"Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Crossroads: The
contrasting strategies of regional integration" (1999);
"East Asian Regionalism: The Challenge of Political Reform and Systemic Crisis
in the Late 1990s";
"Networked Governance and European
Regionalism in the Digital Age" (1999); and
"Chinese Forms of Regionalism: Organic and Orchestrated" (1999).
University of
California. American Politics is the general theme of these working papers.
Specific papers deal with politics of race, abolitionist movement, public
opinion, abortion, and electoral politics. A link to its Data Archives is
available here .
University of
Arkansas. The Center has several papers available concerning the role of
bureaucracies in representing political economy, traditionally disadvantaged
people, and the assessment of democratic movements in the former Soviet Union,
Latin America, and the Middle East.
Smithsonian Institution. Designed to
provide a speedy outlet for historians who have gained access to newly
available archives and sources. Currently has 41 working papers in the Cold
War area.
The American
Political Science Association (APSA) Conference Group on Taiwan Studies (CGOTS)
was established in 1990 to promote Taiwan area studies, to assist scholars in
this area in their professional development, and to facilitate the development
and growth of an integrated academic community among scholars with a
substantial research interest in Taiwan studies.The paper collection begins in
1995.
CGOTS was established in 1990 to
promote Taiwan area studies, to assist scholars in this area in their
professional development, and to facilitate the development and growth of an
integrated academic community among scholars with a substantial research
interest in Taiwan studies.
The Crisis States
Program (CSP) at DESTIN's Development Research Centre provides new
understanding of the causes of crisis and breakdown in the developing world
and the processes of avoiding or overcoming them.
Representative titles include
"Re-stating the
State: Paramilitary territorial control and political order in Colombia
(1978-2004)";
"The Political Economy of Nicaragua's Institutional and Organizational
Framework for Dealing with Youth Violence" (2005);
"Surviving the 'Waking Nightmare': Securing Stability in the Face of Crisis in
Cuba (1989-2004)";
"Deconstruction without Reconstruction? The Case of Peru (1978-2004)";
"The Effects of Decentralization on Public Investment: Evidence and Four
Lessons from Bolivia and Colombia" (2005);
"Crafting Democracy and Good Governance in Local Arenas: Theory, Dilemmas and
their Resolution through the Experiments in Madhya Pradesh, India?" (2005);
and
From Corporatism to Liberalization in Zimbabwe: Economic Policy Regimes and
Political Crisis (1980-1997).
The European Consortium for
Political Research (ECPR) is an independent, scholarly association, which
supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation
of approximately 8,000 political scientists in over 300 institutions
throughout Europe and beyond. The ECPR has an extensive paper archive that
ranges from 1999 to present.
EPRG aims to improve
the understanding of all aspects of political behavior and institutions
in the European Parliament and to raise the profile and sophistication of
research on the European Parliament.
"Major Flaws in Conflict Prevention
Policies towards Africa. The Conceptual Deficits of International Actors'
Approaches and How to Overcome Them" (2005);
"Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: A Conceptual Framework for the
Economic Impact" (2005);
"Emigration and Regime Stability: Explaining the Persistence of Cuban
Socialism" (2005); and
"Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2005).
The Hellenic
Resources Institute, Inc. launched the Hellenic Resources Network, HR-Net, an
electronic network based on the Internet with the following objectives: 1) to
make the wealth of information available on the Internet easily available to
important Greek public policy making institutions. The vast amount of
information available, representing a multitude of different perspectives on
Greek affairs, allows HR-Net to become an important tool for improved public
policy making; 2) to provide Greek public policy institutions with improved
access to the distinguished community of Greek academics, researchers and
professionals living abroad, as well as the ability to communicate its
positions and initiatives to a growing and dynamic part of the Greek Diaspora;
and 3) to enhance communication and cooperation between Greeks around the
world by facilitating a more effective use of the Internet.
"The Protection of Human Rights in
Europe: Evolving Trends and Prospects" (2000);
"A Capitalist Diaspora: The Greeks in the Balkans" (2001);
"Pressure Groups and Greek Foreign Policy, 1945-67" (2001);
"Religion and Populism: Reflections on the ‘politicised’ discourse of the
Greek Church" (2002); and
"Milosevic Who? Origins of the New Balkans" (2001).
Topics vary.
IEI seeks to understand and manage the issues and problems swirling around
immigration and ethnicity. IEI intends to achieve this goal through coupling
research and training with south Florida's ethnic organizations.
Austria. Some
titles are non-English, but most are English titles such as the following:
The Limits of Natural Law and the Paradox of Evil; National
Minorities, Nationalizing States, and External National Homelands in the New
Europe; Some Propositions about Civil Society and the
Consolidation of Democracy; Some Propositions about Civil Society
and the Consolidation of Democracy; The Netherlands: Still a
Consociational Democracy?; Path-Dependent Independence: The
Central Bank of Russia in the 1990s; Expected Stability: Defining
and Measuring Democratic Consolidation; and A Cultural Challenge
to Liberal Democracy in Southeast Asia?
Austria. Most
titles are non-English, but a few English titles such as the following are
available: Political Culture of Society under the Conditions of Radical Social
Changes; Youth Labour Market Policy in Austria 1980—1997;
and Democratisation, Economic Development and Corruption in East-Central
Europe, A 11-Nation-Study.
McMaster University,
Ontario. This site is a source of work that consists of globalization; its
impact on economic, social, political and cultural relations; and the response
of individuals, groups, and societies to globalization.
University of Wien.
Gender politics in Europe is heavily represented, but the listed major areas
of the papers at this location are Political Philosophy of the 19th and 20th
Centuries, Gender Studies, Political and Social Transformation in Central and
Eastern Europe, European Contemporary History, the Philosophical Work of Jan
Patocka.
Queen's
University. The topics vary in these conference papers. Options exist to
either read the paper online or to watch the presentation of the paper with
QuickTime. The current conference is called "Globalization, Multilevel
Governance and Democracy: Continental, Comparative and Global Perspectives."
University of
British Columbia. Papers deal with military politics, trade, economics, and
one paper on International Relations Theory. Asia, Canada, Japan, and Russia
are the primary areas under scrutiny.
ISA sponsors three
journals:
International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, and
International Studies Perspectives. Papers are organized by year and
begin in 2001.
Vanderbilt
University. The LAPOP publishes its studies and results of surveys based
on democratic values and behaviors of people regarding democracy. Specific
countries are Albania, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Madagascar, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
"No Exit from the
Joint Decision Trap? Can German Federalism Reform Itself?" (2005);
"Strategic Unionism in Eastern Europe: The Case of Romania" (2005);
"Economic Reform and the Political Economy of the German Welfare State"
(2005);
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Andersen's Regime Typology and the
Religious Roots of the Western Welfare State" (2004);
"The Dog that Would Never Bite? The Past and Future of the Stability and
Growth Pact" (2003); and
"Stabilizing Postwar Europe: Aligning Domestic and International Goals"
(2003).
University of
Manchester. Most of the papers must be ordered. Papers along the
following themes are available: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Ethics, History of
Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, and
Philosophy of Science.
Topics range from economics and
political science to society and culture. Issues are looked at from both
comparative and historical perspectives. Representative titles include
"Social Democracy,
Globalization and Governance: Why is there no European Left Program in the EU?";
"Portuguese Ministers, 1851-1999: Social Background and Paths to Power";
"Is Europe Becoming the Most Dynamic Knowledge Economy in the World?";
"Creating Stability: National Preferences and the Origins of European Monetary
System";
"Allons enfants de quelle patrie: Breton Impressionism and the French
Impressionist Aesthetic"; and
"Three Worlds of Working Time: Policy and Politics in Work-time Patterns of
Industrialized Countries."
Research areas
relate to current and emerging issues in the following fields including
politics, economics, international affairs, emerging technology, systems of
local government and other social issues. Papers from 1976 to present are
available.
National Institute
of Research Advancement. No papers are available here. However, the most
extensive online directory consisting of think tanks throughout the world is
available. The centers, institutions, and think tanks listed in this directory
undoubtedly have online papers available.
University of
Oxford. Scroll to the middle of the page. Topics vary, but some include
Language Policy in Japan; Political Culture and Human Rights in Japan,
Korea and Taiwan; Divinity and Gender; and the Koban.
The New York
Consortium for European Union Studies and Simulations publishes works written
by consortium faculty about EUROSIM in particular and the European Union in
general.
PAWSS's overarching
goal is to enhance the contribution of the academic community to the search
for global peace, justice, and security. Initially, these activities were
focused primarily on issues arising from the nuclear arms race and U.S.-Soviet
relations; in recent years, however, the program's focus has been expanded to
include other significant threats to peace and stability, including ethnic and
religious strife, social and political violence, environmentally-related
conflict, human rights abuses, and persistent Third World underdevelopment.
The Center has the
following research areas in which papers are provided: European Affairs,
Regulation, Economic Policy, Environment, International Relations, and Eastern
Enlargement.
George Washington
University. Scroll to the middle of the page. These papers on Asian
politics are a series of occasional publications written by visiting scholars
and others affiliated with The Sigur Center for Asian Studies. Their aim is to
provide background and depth to understanding issues of current public and
policy concern in Asian affairs and U.S.-Asian relations.
SwissPeace is a
research institute that focuses on conflict analysis and peacebuilding. It
researches the causes of wars and violent conflicts, develops tools for early
recognition of tensions, and formulates conflict mitigation and peacebuilding
strategies. Representative titles include
"Dealing with the Past: Critical
Issues, Lessons Learned, and Challenges for Future Swiss Policy" (2004);
"Gender in Problem-solving Workshops: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?" (2004);
"Practical Challenges in Predicting
Violent Conflict Fast: An Example of a Comprehensive Early-Warning
Methodology" (2001); and
"Little Wars and a Great Game: Local Conflicts and International Competition
in the Caucasus" (2001).
TI papers focus on corruption and
how to limit it in various countries. Representative titles include
"Stealing the State, and Everything
Else: A Survey of Corruption in the Postcommunist World" (2003);
"Fighting Corruption: What Remains to be done at EU Level" (1999);
"Party Finance, Party Donations and Corruption, The German case" (2000);
"Hong Kong: The Airport Core Program and the Absence of Corruption" (1999);
"Citizen Feedback Surveys to Highlight Corruption in Public Services" (India,
1998);
"Corruption and Political Financing in Italy" (2000);
"International Corruption via Campaign contributions: US Policies and risks"
(2000);
"Corruption in the Official Arms Trade" (2002); and
"Corruption in Empirical Research - A Review" (1999).
Researchers at the
Institute analyze contemporary global problems and develop initiatives to
respond to them. Drawing on a substantial endowment for its core programs, the
Institute conducts interdisciplinary research, teaching, and public education
on international affairs.
Yale University. The
Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) is the University's
principal agency for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on
international affairs, societies, and cultures around the world. The link
above goes to working papers that deal specifically with African politics.
