Established in 1956 on the campus of Rutgers University, the Eagleton Institute of Politics is dedicated to exploring state and national politics through research, education, and public service. Under the directorship of Professor Ruth B. Mandel, the Institute contains a number of centers and programs, such as the Center for American Women and Politics and the Center for Public Interest Polling....

Named after one of the 20th century's great physicists, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies "conducts advanced basic research on the governance of modern societies.� With a team of researchers working on a wide range of topics, the Institute's home is in Cologne, and they have formal research agreements with the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, the Amsterdam...