Pippa Norris (Harvard)
Exceptionally valuable global indicators datasets and their documentation being shared by this scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Global Indicators Shared Dataset
Variables: Over 700. Use the codebook.
Geographic Coverage: 191 nations
Sources: Alesina et. al. Fractionalization Index, CIA World Factbook, Database of Political Institutions, Freedom House, IDEA Voter Turnout since 1945, IPU Women in Parliament, Kaufmann Governance Indicators, Lijphart Patterns of Democracy, Richard Rose’s Encyclopedia of Elections, TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Human Development Report, World Bank Development Indicators, World Values Survey, State Failure Project.
Other datasets on her site:
- Democracy Indicators Cross-national Time-Series Dataset
- The British Parliamentary Constituency database, 1992-2005
- The British Parliamentary Constituency database, 1992-2001
- The Campaign Learning Experimental Study, 2001
- The British Representation Study 2001
- The British Representation Study 1997
- The British Candidate Study 1992
- The Freedom House Classification of Democracies 1983-1999
- The British Election Study 1997
- British By-election Results 1945-2000
- British Gallup Opinion Polls 1945-2000