- Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Complete text of de Tocqueville's famous work on American history, character, and government in the 1830's. Also available as free downloadable files from Project Gutenberg: volume 1 -- volume 2.
- Aristotle and Plato
- Constitution Finder
"This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet."
- The Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
From the Government Printing Office, "These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate."
- Global Integrity
"Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. Global Integrity uses local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability."
- Google Directory: Political Philosophy
Links to pages about political systems and political philosophers.
- Introducing Philosophy 9: Political Philosophy
"In this article we'll discuss Political Philosophy, from what we mean by the term and what it's good for, through some historical ideas and perspectives, to the common divisions employed today." By Paul Newall.
- James Russell Lowell: On Democracy
Essay on American democracy by American poet and man of letters James Russell Lowell in the 19th century.
- Marxism, Fascism, Nazism
An overview of "alternatives to democracy" from The Economic History of the Twentieth Century.
- A More Perfect Union
A ThinkQuest project on the history of democracy in the world and in the U.S.
- Political Philosophy
An article from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online.
- Political philosophy: a Small Companion to Cyberspace
Links to internet pages on political philosophy. Arranged by historical era and topic.
- Political Philosophy Internet Resources
Annotated list of sites about economics, human rights, and political theory.
- Political Resources on the Net
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
- Political Systems
"There follows a brief guide to the various political systems available from the menu of human philosophical and political experience." Opinions from a personal site in the U.K.
- The Three Branches of Government
A ThinkQuest project neatly explaining the relationship of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government.
- University of Michigan Documents Center: Political Science
Links to important works of political theory and philosophy from all times and places.
- Wikipedia: Civics /
Forms of Government /
Government /
Political Philosophy
General introductions with links. [Note: may be useful but should not be relied on as one's only source.]
- World Statesmen
"World Statesmen is an encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities mostly since the year 1700. Country facts, maps, anthems, flags, links, and multiple indexes" are included.
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