Here are some useful resources

Academic Writing

Central European University Center for Academic Writing *** Chicago Manual of Style / Turabian - Colorado State U *** Chicago Manual of Style - Excerpts at University of Georgia Library *** Writing Guides from Colorado State University *** Research and Documentation *** Writer's Handbook U of Wisconsin Madison

Conference and working papers

APSA annual conferences archive *** ECPR papers archive *** Midwest Political Science Association *** European Research Papers Archive *** EUI, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies *** UC Berkeley working papers *** JFK School of Government Harvard University *** Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Koeln

Industrial relations and trade unions (Databases, Research Centers, Journals, Confederations)

ILO *** Statistics Division of ILO *** European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions *** Industrial Relations and Politics in Post-Communist Countries *** European Industrial Relations Observatory *** ETUI *** SEEurope *** European industrial relations dictionary *** Social Law Net *** UNICE *** Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies *** Centre pour la recherche economique et ses applications *** Industrial Relations-A journal of economy and society (free issues) *** Industrial Relations Journal (free issues)*** Labour (free issues) *** European Journal of Industrial Relations (free issues) *** European confederation of executives and managerial staff - CEC *** European trade union confederation - ETUC *** CMT-WCL (Confederation mondiale du travail) - dissolved on Oct. 31, 2006 *** International confederation of free trade unions - ICFTU / CISL - dissolved on Oct. 31, 2006 *** ITUC - CSI (International Trade Union Confederation) - established by fusion of WCL and ICFTU at Nov. 1-3, 2006 *** Other European and international trade unions organizations

Industrial relations in Romania

Economic and Social Council (in English) *** CNSLR-Fratia *** Cartel-Alfa *** BNS *** Meridian *** Confederatia Nationala a Patronatului Roman CNPR *** Uniunea Generala a Industriasilor din Romania UGIR *** Uniunea Generala a Industriasilor din Romania 1903 - UGIR1903 *** Patronatul National Roman PNR *** Romanian Government Department for Social Dialogue

Religion and politics / Church-state relations

JSRI - Journal for the study of religion and ideologies *** European Consortium for Church and State Research *** Osservatorio delle liberta ed istituzioni religiose *** EUREL *** Societe Droit et Religion en Europe *** Center for Law and Religion Cardiff *** US Department of State International Religious Freedom Reports *** Faith Based and Community Innitiatives *** Institute on religion and public policy *** Institute for Global Engagement *** Baylor University - J.M.Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies

Denominations in Romania

State Secretariat for Religious Cults *** Romanian Orthodox Church *** Romanian Church United with Rome (Greek Catholic) *** Catholica.ro *** Catholic Archdioceses of Bucharest and Iasi *** Reformed Unitarian Church (link in Hungarian) *** Reformed Church from Romania (Calvinist - link in Hungarian) *** Reformed Evangelic Lutheran Church (in Hungarian) *** Reformed Evangelic Lutheran Augustinian Confession from Romania (in German)*** Pentecostal Churches from Romania *** Union of Baptist Churches from Romania *** Adventist Church from Romania

Religion/Church - based NGOs

Caritas *** Diaconia *** Vasiliada Association *** St. Dimitrie Foundation *** Stavropoleos - Concordia project *** Betania Association *** Humanitas Pro Deo Foundation *** Bethany Romania Foundation *** Pro Vita Association

Resources for research methods

Quantitative: Statistical Computing *** Raynald Levesque’s webpage *** SPSSX-L discussions group *** Statalist *** SPSS *** Stata *** R environment

Qualitative: COMPASS smallNresources *** Qualitative Comparative Analysis *** The Focus Group Center *** Richard Krueger's homepage *** Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods

Election Studies

British Election Studies *** American National Election Studies *** Canadian Election Study *** The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems *** European Election Studies *** New Zealand Election Study *** The Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe *** International Foudation for Election Studies *** Elections and Electoral Systems by Country - IFES *** Internatonal Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - IDEA

Databases and research resources

ICPSR *** RODA *** Open Society Foundation, Bucharest - Romanian Public Opinion Barometer databases (since 1994 to present) *** Global Development Network *** IFES *** European Social Survey Data *** IPW Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2003 *** MORESS- Mapping of Research in European Social Sciences and Humanities *** Eurobarometer *** ILO Labor Statistics Database *** GESIS *** CSES (Comparative Study of Electoral Systems)

Academic Fellowships and Scholarships

Center for Policy Studies *** Council for European Studies *** Central European University *** Open Society Foundation, Romania *** Fulbright Commission in Romania *** The National University Research Council, Romania *** International Policy Fellowships *** The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and WWICS East European Studies

Professional associations

Romanian Society of Political Science *** American Political Science Association *** European Consortium for Political Research *** European Political Science Network

Frequent reports and other resources with international or regional importance produced by international organizations and think tanks

Freedom House *** The Heritage Foundation *** The World Bank *** UNDP Human Development Report *** Transparency International *** The Economist - Romania Country Profile, Articles and Reports *** World Economic Forum (Global governance report; Global competitiveness report) *** National Democratic Institute *** International Republican Institute *** The United Nations Development Program *** UNDP-Romania *** Romanian Academic Society *** The Fraser Institute *** CIA - The World Factbook *** Economic Freedom of the World *** Library of Congress - Country Studies **** Brookings Institution *** Council on Foreign Relations *** Chatham House ***Rand Corporation Europe *** Centre for European Policy Studies *** French Institute of International Relations *** Centre for Policy Studies *** Kiel Institute for the World Economy *** Bruegel *** Japan Institute of International Affairs *** Center for Policy Studies at CEU *** CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research

Resources for fundraising and grants

Finantare.ro *** The German Marshall Fund *** The National Endowment for Democracy *** The United States Agency for International Development *** CEETrust *** The Civil Society Development Foundation *** The Open Society Foundation, Romania *** Ratiu Foundation UK *** Charles Stewart Mott Foundation *** Allavida

Romanian think tanks, NGOs, civic actions

MRC - Median Research Centre *** Pro Democratia Association *** Coalition for a Clean Parliament - Coalition for a Clean Government (Coalition for Clean Universities) *** APADOR-CH *** Institute for Public Policies

Other useful resources

Gabriel Badescu *** Ellen Comisso *** Irina Culic *** Larry Diamond *** Zsolt Enyedi *** Mark Fey *** Andrei Gheorghita *** Torben Iversen *** Kenneth Janda *** Gary King *** Steven Levitsky *** Arendt Lijphart (Lijphart Elections Archive)*** Pippa Norris *** Grigore Pop-Eleches *** Kaare Strom *** Gabor Toka *** Bogdan Voicu

Educational simulations

Butterfly effect *** More than three dimensions?

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Last updated October 6, 2009

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