Everyday Democracy Indicators? How the Study of Democracy Illuminates the Value (and Challenges) of Collaborative Methodologies

Challenges of Using Collaborative Methodologies in Surveying Political Trust in Haiti

“…Firchow (2018, 109) argued for the importance of localized and contextual indicators when people describe peace in their life. For similar reasons, Flores (2021) proposes to develop “everyday democracy indicators.” At the same time, highly fine-grained or localized indicators are unlikely to represent the broader set of indicators relevant across Haiti. The promising iterative process as outlined by Levy and Firchow (2021) was, in our case, infeasible because of budget and time constraints due to the volatile environment.…”