Parliaments

Online Resources

• Parline
  A database created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that allows you to search for brief information on the parliament of a country and, when available, a link to the Web site for that country's parliament. To read information on a specific country's parliament, select the country from the pull-down menu labelled "Country". You can look at information on all parliaments in Europe by selecting Europe from the pull-down menu labelled "Regions". By selecting Germany, I found out that there are two parliamentary chambers: Deutscher Bundestag and Bundesrat. By clicking on the link for either, I could find out the number of seats, official name, president, address, web site and more.
  The IPU also maintains an alphabetical list of web sites for national parliaments, but without the information available through Parline. Select a country from the list to find out if the national parliamenet has a web site. If so, follow the link to that site. For example, by clicking on Germany, I went to a page that listed two Web sites, one for the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
• Web Sites on National Parliaments
  A web site at the Weidenbaum Center on Economy, Government, and Public Policy at the Washington University of St. Louis that includes links to international, regional, and national parliamentary web sites.
• Web Sites of National Parliaments
  An alphabetical listing of national parliaments around the world.
• Women in National Parliaments
  Data compiled by the Intra-parliamentary Union reports on the representation of women in 179 parliaments around the world.

Print Resources

• World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures
  Country-by-country analysis of politics, parties, elections, and parliaments around the world.
  Call number: JF511.W67 1998, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
• International Encyclopedia of Elections
  Everything you ever wanted to know about the forms of elections and election processes.
  Call number: JF1001.I57 2000, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library