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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 ...
For the first time, two countries displaced North Korea as the lowest-ranked states in the Democracy Index – in Myanmar, the elected government was overthrown in a military coup, and protests were suppressed by the junta, which ultimately resulted in its score going down by 2.02 points; Afghanistan, as a result of the 2021 Taliban offensive ...
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]
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]
Presidentialism metrics include the presidentialism index in V-Dem Democracy indices [37] and presidential power scores. [38] The table below shows for individual countries the V-Dem presidentialism index, where higher values indicate higher concentration of political power in the hands of one individual.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed visa restrictions on a few dozen Georgian nationals it accused of undermining democracy, including members of the Georgian Dream party ...
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 ...
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.