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Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.

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There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010

Table of Contents

List 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

Measuring Democracy

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 10 June 2009
      ISBN-13 9780801890932
      978-0801890932
      ISBN-10 0801890934
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      Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.

      Trade Review
      There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010

      Table of Contents

      List 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

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