SOCIAL POLICY RESOURCES
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| American Journal of Political Science: Search articles from this scholarly journal. | |
| American Political Science Association: Lots of interesting places to go on this huge site. | |
| American Society for Public Administration | |
| Budget of the United States | |
| Capweb | |
| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Material on all Federal Domestic Funding Programs. | |
| Congressional Quarterly A huge range of resources including articles, directories and other materials. This is an excellent place to begin looking at federal policies | |
| Brint: This megasite is principally for business researchers but contains many things of use to policy practice scholars. | |
| Campaigns and Elections | |
| Center for Responsive Politics | |
| Civic Practices Network: Excellent resources, including syllabi and documents. | |
| Electronic Policy Network This is a link to sites throughout the United States is impressive. Many advocacy and research groups are represented here. Read (on-line) copies of American Prospect magazine. | |
| E-The People: Online petitions and much more. | |
| Federal Web Locator: A guide through federal cyberspace. | |
| First Gov The New Federal Web Portal | |
| Gay and Lesbian Politics | |
| Governing Magazine: Articles and resources of interest to policy practitioners. | |
| Grantsmanship Center: A wonderful resource for grantseekers and non-profit managers. On-line articles from the Grantsmanship Center News. | |
| HandsNet An excellent source for policy issues. | |
| Harden Political Info System | |
| Harvard Political Review | |
| Dan Huff's Social Work History Site Great material to make social work history come alive. | |
| Institute for the Study of Civic
Values: A wonderful source for policy teachers and community activists. Ed Schwartz is one of the truly great men of electronic activism. | |
| John F. Kennedy School's Visions of Government Page | |
| Marketplace of Political Ideas: Links to pages with a point of view | |
| Mother Jones: The on-line site for Mother Jones magazine. | |
| The National Association of Social Workers: The NASW site has advocacy alerts and other information. | |
| University of Michigan's Document Center: Perhaps one of the largest collections of documents on the web. | |
| National Network of Social Work Mangers | |
| Planning Resources on the Internet: Lots of relevant sites and resources (UC Berkley). | |
| Political Index | |
| Politics America | |
| Political Science Manuscripts: Papers that can be downloaded from the site | |
| Political Science Resources on the Internet: Resources from UC-Berkley. | |
| PoliSci.Com This site contains the Almanac of Politics & Government and much more. | |
| Policy Library | |
| Praxis UPENN Resources on Comparative Social Policy | |
| Public Affairs Web | |
| Public Agenda On-Line | |
| Public Citizen's Congress Watch | |
| Resources for Economists on the Internet | |
| Rollcall | |
| SAPA WEB Public Administration and the Internet | |
| Stateline: PEW
Memorial Trust's State Information Page: Excellent material on state policy making. T he material is timely, up to date and credible. | |
| Stateside Associates This Week in the States Page | |
| The Social Work Manager | |
| Thomas Contains all current bills in both houses. | |
| Townhall: Links to on-line policy-relevant journals | |
| Trinity Collge (Ireland) Social Policy Links. | |
| United Nations | |
| US National Debt Clock | |
| World Bank | |
| WWW Virtual Law Library from Indiana University | |
| The WWW Virtual Library of Social Policy | |
| WWW Resources for Social Workers |
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| American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Insurance Data | |
| American Religious Data Archive | |
| Census Bureau: A huge collection of free data. | |
| Center for American Politics and Public Policy Congressional Hearings Data Set | |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Another great government site for data. | |
| CIA The On-line Factbook is a treasure trove for Comparative Social Policy. | |
| Fedstats | |
| Kids Count (Anne Casey Foundation): Good data source on children's issues | |
| Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research: A huge data library with the results from many studies available for secondary analysis | |
| National Center for Educational Statistics | |
| National Center for Health Statistics | |
| Social Security Some interesting data on social insurance issues. | |
| WWW Virtual Library: U.S. Government Information Sources |
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| White House |
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| Capitol Watch Congressional Advocacy Group | |
| Congress Watch Congressional Advocacy Group | |
| Congressional Budget Office | |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus | |
| Congress.Org (Legislative Information) | |
| General Accounting Office Research reports and methodology papers on-line! | |
| House of Representatives Official Site | |
| Legislative Branch Information | |
| Library of Congress | |
| US Senate Official Site | |
| US Congress Handbook Frequently needed information on Congress. |
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| Supreme Court Decisions | |
| Federal Court Home Page |
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| California Budget Project This site contains analysis, materials and data about the budget in California | |
| Council of State Governments | |
| Influencing State Policy | |
| International City/County Management Association | |
| Library of Congress State and Local Government Page | |
| List of State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) | |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | |
| State and Local Government Gateway | |
| State and Local Government on the Net | |
| Stateline: PEW
Memorial Trust's State Information Page: Excellent material on state policy making. The material is timely, up to date and credible. |
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| ARNOVA The organization for research on the non-profit sector. This site has a number of useful resources. | |
| Council on Foundations | |
| Institute for Global Communications | |
| Internet Nonprofit Center | |
| Non-Profit Gateway Federal Government Resources for Non-profits | |
| Non Profit Online News: Wonder stuff. The best way to keep up. | |
| Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Wonderful page has a section of research studies related to advocacy and civic participation in its Projects & Findings section. | |
| Nonprofit Times | |
| Yale PONPO The program on nonprofit organizations. | |
| United Way Material about the United Way and technical assistance information. On-line magazine. | |
| Welfare Reform and the Non-Profit Sector |
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| AIDS Patient's Project | |
| American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center | |
| Bread for the World International Human Rights | |
| Catholic Mobile Poverty Page | |
| Civic Network Civic Networking and technology issues | |
| Children's Defense Fund One of the best advocacy sites on the web. | |
| UCLA's
Online Center for Cyberspace Law and Policy Interesting material on a variety of areas related to on-line law |
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| Democratic National Committee | |
| Democrats with an Attitude | |
| Republican National Committee |
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| Advocacy Institute | |
| Alliance for Justice Legal Information for advocates | |
| American Civil Liberties Union | |
| Benton Foundation Excellent source for those interested in technology and social problems | |
| Bread for the World Hunger and Human Rights | |
| Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest | |
| Child Welfare Home Page | |
| Child Welfare League of America Excellent resources on children and families. | |
| Children's Defense Fund One of the best advocacy sites | |
| Electronic Freedom Foundation Technology issues | |
| John Birch Society | |
| National Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Advocacy Page | |
| National Organization for Women | |
| National Rifle Association: This site contains some good legislative information | |
| OMB Watch Excellent resources on government issues and advocacy | |
| Project Vote Smart | |
| Rock the Vote | |
| United We Stand |
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| US Department of Agriculture | |
| Corporate Welfare Information Center The other side of welfare reform | |
| National Welfare Monitoring and Advocacy Partnership | |
| State and Local Government Gateway Welfare Reform Pages | |
| Tufts Center on Welfare and Poverty | |
| Urban Institute On-line research reports and a database of state data. | |
| Welfare Info A huge site for welfare reform information | |
| Welfare Law Center Extensive materials on the law and welfare. | |
| Welfare Reform Academy | |
| Welfare Reform and Children (John Hopkins University): Results of a Three Year Study. | |
| Welfare Reform and the Non-Profit Sector | |
| Welfare Reform Resource Project (Regent University) | |
| Welfare Watch |
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Managed Care and Health Care
| AARP Managed Care Page: Oriented toward consumer issues | |
| Families USA's Comparison of Patient Rights Bills | |
| Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA) | |
| Health Economics Resource Page | |
| Managed Care Information from Knowledge Links | |
| Migrant Health Newsline | |
| National Center for Health Statistics | |
| SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative Great site for managed care information. |
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Housing
| Center for Community Change An advocacy and research organization. Lots of helpful material | |
| Center for Housing & Urban Development Bibliography | |
| Cityscape | |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition |
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International
| UNESCO | |
| United Nations | |
| World Bank |
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(c) 2001-2005 by John G. McNutt. All Rights Reserved. Limited Permission is Granted for Reproduction for Non-Commercial Educational Purposes provided that the material remain in its original form and proper credit is extended. Disclaimer: The content of all linked sites are beyond my control and I assume no responsibility for their content. mcnuttjg@gwm.sc.edu Revised 09/13/09