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The Democracy Indices by V-Dem are democracy indices published by the V-Dem Institute that describe qualities of different democracies. It is published annually. [1] In particular, the V-Dem dataset is popular among political scientists and describes the characteristics of political regimes. Datasets released by the V-Dem Institute include ...
Compared to other measures of democracy (such as the Polity data series and Freedom House's Freedom in the World), the V-Dem Institute's measures of democracy are more granular [4] and 2020 included "more than 470 indicators, 82 mid-level indices, and 5 high-level indices covering 202 polities from the period of 1789–2019". [4]
Reports were published every two years until 2010 and annually thereafter. The index includes 167 countries and territories, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states. Other democracy indices with similar assessments of the state of democracy [1] include V-Dem Democracy indices or Bertelsmann Transformation Index.
The index is based on five categories measuring pluralism, civil liberties, and political culture. [9] V-Dem Democracy indices by the V-Dem Institute distinguishes between five high-level principles of democracy: electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian, and quantifies these principles. [10]
These sacrifices, made for shared democratic ideals, are a testament to Georgia’s value as an ally. Yet today, the Georgian people stand alone, breathing tear gas on cold Byzantine streets, in ...
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A new threat to democracy has emerged in Georgia, writes Rachel Marshall, citing passage of a law that creates a commission weakening the independence of community-elected prosecutors.
The V-Dem Democracy indices show significant declines from 2016 to 2020. [112] [113] V-Dem has measures on democracy starting in 1789, providing rare historical data to compare backsliding events, though comparing across centuries has challenges. [114]