Description
Book SynopsisMeasuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.
Trade ReviewThere is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion
2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices
3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories
4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index
5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions
6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values
7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral Democracy
Notes
References
Index