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The Economist Democracy Index

The Economist Democracy Index. Comparative Politics, Prof. Giuliani, third trimester of 2013, Karolin Hunger, 29.04.2013. Ranking of state of democracy , based on 60 indicatores of 5 different categories : electoral processes and pluralism civil liberties functioning of government

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The Economist Democracy Index

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  1. The Economist Democracy Index Comparative Politics, Prof. Giuliani, thirdtrimesterof 2013, Karolin Hunger, 29.04.2013

  2. Ranking ofstateofdemocracy, based on 60 indicatoresof 5 different categories: • electoralprocessesandpluralism • civilliberties • functioningofgovernment • politicalpartizipation • politicalculture The Democracy Index

  3. Classificationofregimetypes Fulldemocraciesscoresof 8 - 10 Flaweddemocraciesscoresof 6 – 7.9 Hybrid regimesscoresof 4 – 5.9 Authoritarianregimesscoresof 0 – 3.9 The Democracy Index

  4. Foreverycountrythe 60 indicatoreswereansweredbyexpertsorpublic-opinionsurveys • Missings: surveyresultsfromsimilar countries • Dichotomousanswers (0 or 1) orthree-answer alternative questions (0 or 0,5 or 1) Methodology

  5. Togettheindex: • thesumof all answerswithinonecategory, multiplied by ten, divided by the total number of questions within the category Exceptions: a fewveryimportantquestions: low score leadstopenaltyof score sumoftheircategory Methodology

  6. The Democracy Index 2012

  7. Democracy Index 2012 byregion

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