Saint Mary's College of California Library
politics
Country Information
Background Notes - Country Information - U.S. Department of State background notes, arranged by country.
Elections Around the World: Wiki provides a comprehensive and detailed anaylses of recent elections. Now a part of Wikipedia.
Electronic Embassy provides links to staff and resources for the DC embassy community. For a directory of embassies worldwide use Embassy World.
Europa World Plus - online versions of the world yearbooks
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Includes
Cities of the World
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook
Governments of the World
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook
Governments of the World
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Governments on the WWW - In cooperation with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, quick links to national, regional, and international government Web pages.
Statesman's Year Book. (Ref 305 St29) New York: St. Martin's, Annual.
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices - Has 1993 to the present.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Full text report from the State Department. You can access the most recent report, or go back through the archive beginning in 1993.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks - From the Library of Congress. About 85 countries are here, but not all are up to date. The current country studies are excellent.
Global Geopolitics.Net - News, political briefs, and news analyses.
Institute of Federalism - A great collection of country studies.
Regional Studies: WWW Virtual Library - Annotated references for different countries such as Canada, Brazil, Taiwan, France, and more. There is also information for larger geographic regions at the Virtual Library index.
Constitutions, Treaties and Official Declarations Around the World - An alphabetical listing of approximately 140 countries, with links to their constitutions, and other links if available to treaties.
