2016
DOI: 10.1177/0192512116669141
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Measuring the quality of democracy: Introduction

Abstract: This introductory article discusses current challenges in quality of democracy research, explains the objectives of this Special Issue, and provides a brief overview of controversies in existing indices that are considered by the contributors to this Special Issue.

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“…focusing instead on what distinguishes democracies from one another, especially at the institutional level (Geissel et al, 2016). For example, in addition to focusing solely on the extent to which citizens participate in free and fair elections, this research also considers the strength of representative institutions, such as political parties, legislatures, and civil society, institutions designed to safeguard civil liberties and rule of law, including independent judiciaries, media freedom, and the constitution.…”
Section: What Is Democracy?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…focusing instead on what distinguishes democracies from one another, especially at the institutional level (Geissel et al, 2016). For example, in addition to focusing solely on the extent to which citizens participate in free and fair elections, this research also considers the strength of representative institutions, such as political parties, legislatures, and civil society, institutions designed to safeguard civil liberties and rule of law, including independent judiciaries, media freedom, and the constitution.…”
Section: What Is Democracy?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The electoral democracy index is applied as a measurement of actual qualities of electoral democracy of a regime on a scale of low to high (Coppedge, Gerring, and Lindberg 2017;Diamond and Morlino 2005;Geissel, Kneuer, and Lauth 2016). The calibration is based on k-means clustering (k = 3) and further adjusted to reflect the contextual characteristics of the region.…”
Section: Conditionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A DEMOKRÁCIAINDEXEK ÉS MAGYARORSZÁG ÉRTÉKELÉSE Bár a demokráciaindexek témakörében hazai munkák nem igazán készültek a már jelzett Ágh-tanulmányt (2012), illetve egy jogállamiságra fókuszáló cikket (Jakab-Lőrinc, 2016) leszámítva, azonban a témakör a nemzetközi politikatudományban jelentősnek és kutatottnak számít (Munck-Verkuilen, 2002;Diamond-Morlino, 2004;Morlino, 2004;Campbell, 2008;Collier-Levitsky, 2009;Møller-Skaaning, 2010;Ringen, 2011;Coppedge et al, 2011;Högström, 2013;Völkel, 2015;Diamond et al, 2016;Geissel et al, 2016). A demokrácia schumpe teri elgondolására (2003) építő minimalista megközelítések alapvetően a (pártok közötti) versengés és az általános választójogra épülő részvétel két komponensét vizsgálják.…”
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