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Book SynopsisFreedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fifteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure fr
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democracies: Global Freedom under Pressure Arch Puddington and Tyler Roylance Introduction Country Reports Related and Disputed Territory Reports Survey Methodology Tables and Ratings Table of Independent Countries Table of Related and Disputed Territories Combined Average Ratings: Independent Countries Combined Average RatingsL Related and Disputed Territories Table of Electoral Democracies Contributors Selected Sources Freedom House Board of Trustees
