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9780801890932 Academic Inspection Copy

Measuring Democracy

A Bridge between Scholarship and Politics
  • ISBN-13: 9780801890932
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Gerardo L. Munck
  • Price: AUD $75.99
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  • Local release date: 14/06/2009
  • Format: Paperback 200 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Comparative politics [JPB]
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Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L Munck's constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice. Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS), Munck's discussion bridges the theories of academia with practical applications. In proposing a more open and collaborative relationship between theory and action, he makes the case for reassessing how democracy is measured and encourages fundamental changes in methodology. Munck's field-tested framework for quantifying and qualifying democracy is built around two instruments he developed: the UN Development Programme's Electoral Democracy Index (EDI) and a case-by-case election monitoring tool used by the OAS. Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.

List of Figures and TablesPreface1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex

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