Democracy Measure

A Democracy Measure is a political measure of a nations association with democratic principles (based on eligible citizens ability to participate equally in the social governance).

• Context:
  • It can produce a Democracy Measure Score (can be associated with a democracy score trend) - to designate a democratic nation.
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• Example(s):
  • EIU Democracy Index.
  • V-DEM Democracy Measure.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Autocracy Measure.
• See: Democratic Country, Rule of Law Measure.

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References

• https://ourworldindata.org/democracy

2019

• https://www.v-dem.net/media/filer_public/99/de/99dedd73-f8bc-484c-8b91-44ba601b6e6b/v-dem_democracy_report_2019.pdf
  • Main findings:
    1. The trend of autocratization continues, and almost one-third of the world’s population lives in countries undergoing autocratization – a substantial decline of democracy.
    2. 24 countries are now severely affected by what is established as a “third wave of autocratization”. These countries include Brazil, India, the United States, as well as several Eastern European countries.
    3. A majority of countries in the world remains democratic.
    4. The first ever model forecasting autocratization identifies the top-10 most at-risk countries: Philippines, Fiji, Mali, Hungary, Guatemala, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Tanzania. This is an invitation for action by the policy and practitioner communities.

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