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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

Web Links

Here is a list of recommended web links, arranged alphabetically by the relevant dictionary entries.

 A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W

A  Top

African Union
http://www.african-union.org/
African Union website.

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
Official site, with history, reports, and campaign information.

ANC (African National Congress)
http://www.anc.org.za/
Official site, with historical documents and speeches and writings of Presidents, including Nelson Mandela.

Antarctic Treaty
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//about_antarctica/geopolitical/t...
Details of the Antarctic Treaty from the British Antarctic Survey.

ANZUS
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.html
Text of the ANZUS treaty.

Arab League
http://www.arableagueonline.org
Site of Arab League (Arabic; English language version under construction September 2008), including a list of member states and historical documents.

ASEAN
http://www.aseansec.org/
ASEAN official site.

B  Top

Ba'athism
http://www.baath-party.org/eng/constitution.htm
Constitution of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

Balkan politics
http://www.ohr.int/dpa/default.asp?content_id=380
The text of the Dayton peace agreement.

Belfast Agreement
http://www.nio.gov.uk/the-agreement
An outline and text of the Belfast Agreement, from the UK Northern Ireland Office.

bill
http://www.parliament.uk/business/bills_and_legislation.cfm
UK Parliament site, with details of current legislation and previous statutes.

Black Caucus
http://www.thecongressionalblackcaucus.com/
Homepage of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Black Panthers
http://www.blackpanther.org/
Organization website, including ten point plan.

Bolivarian revolution
http://www.alternativabolivariana.org/
Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) website (in Spanish).

Boundary Commission
http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/boundary-reviews/other...
Electoral Commission page linking to Parliamentary Boundary Commissions.

C  Top

CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)
http://europa.eu/pol/agr/index_en.htm
European Union information on agriculture.

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
http://www.cia.gov/
CIA website.

climate change
http://unfccc.int/
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change site.

CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
http://www.cnduk.org
CND website.

committee of the whole (house)
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/stages/committee_who...
UK Parliament guide to procedure.

Committee on Standards in Public Life
http://www.public-standards.gov.uk/
Site of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
http://europa.eu/pol/cfsp/index_en.htm
European Union guide to the CFSP.

Commonwealth (British)
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
Site of the Commonwealth Secretariat, including a history and membership of the organization.

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
http://www.cisstat.com/eng/cis.htm
Commonwealth of Independent States site, with details of history and membership.

Comprehensive Nuclear‐Test‐Ban Treaty (CTBT)
http://pws.ctbto.org/
Site of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear‐Test‐Ban Treaty Organization.

Congress (India)
http://www.congress.org.in/
Congress Party site, with historical coverage, party constitution, and recent election manifestos.

Congress (US)
http://www.senate.gov/
US Senate website.
http://www.house.gov/
US House of Representatives website.

Conseil Constitutionnel
http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/
Conseil Constitutionnel website (in French).

Conseil d'État
http://www.conseil-etat.fr/
Conseil d'État website (in French).

Conservative Party
http://www.conservatives.com/
Conservative Party website.

Correlates of War
http://www.correlatesofwar.org/
Correlates of War website, including a variety of data sets.

Council of Ministers of the European Union
http://ue.eu.int/
Official site, including constitutional and policy documents.

D  Top

Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
Text of the Declaration of Independence.

delegated legislation
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/delegated.cfm
UK Parliament page on delegated legislation.

Democratic Party (USA)
http://www.democrats.org/
Democratic Party site, including history and organizational information.

dependency
http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN
Site of the the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), including details of membership and institutional history.

Director of National Intelligence
http://www.odni.gov/index.html
Office of the Director of National Intelligence website.

E  Top

Early Day Motion
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/edms.cfm
Early Day Motion website and database from the UK Parliament.

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
http://www.ecb.int/
Site of the European Central Bank (ECB), which administers Economic and Monetary Union.

Election/Electoral Commission
http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/
The site of the UK Electoral Commission.

Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/i...
Operation and history of the Electoral College from the United States National Archives.

EMILY’s list
http://www.emilyslist.org/
US EMILY/s list site.

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://www.epa.gov/
EPA site, including a history and achievements.

European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
European Commission site.

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
http://www.echr.coe.int/echr
European Court of Human Rights site, which includes the text of the Convention.

European Council
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?lang=EN
European Council site.

European Court of Justice
http://curia.europa.eu/en/transitpage.htm
European Court of Justice site, including texts governing procedure and case law.

European Parliament
http://www.europarl.eu.int/
Official site, including information about policy‐making and Members of the European Parliament.

European Union
http://europa.eu.int/
European Union site, including treaties, details of policy, and information on institutional structure.

Executive Office of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html
Executive Office of the President website.

F  Top

Fabianism
http://fabians.org.uk/
Site of the UK Fabian Society.

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
http://www.fbi.gov/
FBI website.

Federal Assembly (Russia)
http://www.council.gov.ru/eng/index.html
Federal Assembly site, including details of constitutional position and powers.

Federalist Papers, The
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
The Federalist papers, reproduced at the Library of Congress site.

Fifth Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
The full text of the Bill of Rights and the Fifth Amendment.

Fifth Republic, French
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/english/8ab.asp
The text of the constitution of the French Fifth Republic on the site of the National Assembly.

First Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
The full text of the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment.

Fourteenth Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amend...
The text of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Freedom House index
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Freedom House assessments of the status of political rights and civil liberties across countries.

G  Top

G8
http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/
G8 Information Centre at the University of Toronto.

GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services)
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/gatsintr_e.htm
Text and related information from the World Trade Organization.

genocide
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/genocide.htm
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Global Fund
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/
Global Fund website.

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/
Greenpeace site, including a history of the organization.

Gulf Co‐operation Council (GCC)
http://www.gcc-sg.org/eng/index.php
Gulf Co‐operation Council site, including charter, details of membership and organization, and history.

H  Top

Hansard
http://www.hansard-westminster.co.uk/
Hansard site, including history of the Department of the Official Report (Hansard).

Homeland Security, Department of
http://www.dhs.gov/
US government Department of Homeland Security site.

House of Commons
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/index.cfm
House of Commons website.

House of Lords
http://www.parliament.uk/lords/index.cfm
House of Lords website.

House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
House of Representatives website.

I  Top

IMF (International Monetary Fund)
http://www.imf.org/
IMF website.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
http://www.iaea.org/
International Atomic Energy Agency site, including history of the organization.

International Court of Justice
http://www.icj-cij.org/
International Court of Justice site.

International Criminal Court
http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html
International Criminal Court website.

J  Top

Jubilee 2000
http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/
Jubilee 2000 website.

L  Top

Labour Party
http://www.labour.org.uk/home
Labour Party website.

League of Nations
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/leagcov.htm
The text of the Covenant of the League of Nations.

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
http://www.jimin.jp/jimin/english/
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) site, with information on party organization and history.

Liberal Party (UK)
http://www.libdems.org.uk/
Liberal Democrats website.

life peerage
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/members/lords_types.cfm
Parliament site, with details of types of peerage.

Lord Chancellor
http://www.dca.gov.uk/lcfr.htm
A list of Lord Chancellors going back to Herfast in 1068.

M  Top

Maastricht, Treaty of
http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm
European Union treaties.

Marshall Aid
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_201185_187693...
Text of Marshall’s speech initiating the Marshall Plan.

MERCOSUR
http://www.mercosur.int/
MERCOSUR site (Portuguese/Spanish), including information on history and organizational structure.

Monroe Doctrine
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/monroe.htm
Text of Monroe’s speech.

N  Top

NAFTA
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/
NAFTA website.

National Security Council (NSC)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/
National Security Council membership and functions.

NATO
http://www.nato.int/
NATO site, including list of members.

Nuclear Non‐Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/treaty/
Information on NPT from the United Nations.

O  Top

OAS (Organization of American States)
http://www.oas.org/
OAS site, including membership and an overview of functions and history.

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development)
http://www.oecd.org/
OECD site, including a history of the organization and its predecessor, the Organisation for European Economic Co‐operation.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
Office of Management and Budget site.

Official Secrets Acts
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1989/Ukpga_19890006_en_1.htm
Text of the UK 1989 Official Secrets Act.

OPEC (The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
http://www.opec.org/
OPEC site, including information on the history, structure, and functions of the organization.

Operation Black Vote
http://www.obv.org.uk
Operation Black Vote website.

Organization for Security and Co‐operation in Europe (OSCE)
http://www.osce.org/
Organization for Security and Co‐operation in Europe site, including a history.
http://www.osce.org/item/15659.html
CSCE/OSCE timeline.

P  Top

parliament
http://www.parliament.uk/
UK Parliament website.

Pentagon
http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/
Pentagon website.

power index
http://powerslave.val.utu.fi/
Power index site, with index calculators.

Prebisch, Raúl (1901–86)
http://www.unctad.org/
UNCTAD website.

private member’s bill
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/private_members.cfm
Parliament site for private members' bills.

Privy Council
http://www.privy-council.org.uk/
Site of the UK Privy Council Office, which provides the Secretariat services for the Privy Council.

Public Accounts Committee
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/committee_...
UK Parliament site for Public Accounts Committee, including history, functions, and list of members.

public bill
http://www.parliament.uk/business/bills_and_legislation.cfm
UK Parliament site with list of public bills.

public bill committee
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/general.cfm
UK Parliament site with information about public bill committees.

Publius
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
The Federalist Papers reproduced at the Library of Congress.

Q  Top

Quartet on the Middle East
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/c9963.htm
Quartet on the Middle East statements from the US Department of State.

Queen’s (or King’s) Speech
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/occasions/stateopening.cfm
State Opening of Parliament site, with recent Queen’s Speeches.

R  Top

refugee
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_c_ref.htm
Text of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

Republican Party (USA)
http://www.gop.com/
The site of the Republican National Committee, including a history of the Party.

Rules Committee
http://www.rules.house.gov/
Site for the US House of Representatives Committee on Rules.

S  Top

Security Council
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/
Security Council website.

select committee
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/select.cfm
Information on select committees from the UK Parliament site.

September 11th 2001 (9–11)
http://www.9-11commission.gov/
Website of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9–11 Commission) with report.

Single European Act
http://europa.eu/scadplus/treaties/singleact_en.htm
Information on the content and purpose of the Single European Act from the EU site.

Social Charter
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c10107.htm
A discussion of the introduction and purposes of the Social Charter from the EU site.

Speaker
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/principal/speaker.cfm
Information on the office and role of the Speaker from the UK Parliament site.

State Department
http://www.state.gov/
Site of the US Department of State.

State of the Union message
http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2008/index.html
White House site for the State of the Union message, with text and a webcast of the most recent speech.

Statute of Westminster
http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/westmins.htm
Text of the Statute of Westminster.

statutory instruments
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm
The text of all UK statutory instruments from the Office of Public Sector Information.

supreme court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
United States Supreme Court site, including Constitutional background and information on rulings.

T  Top

Thatcherism
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/
Margaret Thatcher Foundation site including documents and speeches.

Truman Doctrine
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/trudoc.htm
Truman’s speech of 12 March 1947.

U  Top

United Nations (UN)
http://www.un.org/
United Nations website.

V  Top

verification
http://www.unmovic.org/
UNMOVIC website.

Versailles, Treaty of
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/menu.htm
The text of the Treaty of Versailles.

Vice‐President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/
Site of the Vice-President of the USA.

W  Top

Western European Union (WEU)
http://www.weu.int/
Western European Union site, including historical information and documents.

whip
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/principal/whips.cfm
Information on the whip from the UK Parliament site.

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
World Bank site, including information on organization history, structure, and functions.

World Social Forum
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php?cd_language=2...
World Social Forum website, including Charter of Principles.

World Trade Organization (WTO)
http://www.wto.org/
World Trade Organization site, including information on organization history, structure, and functions.