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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 November 2024. Political science project ranking states by democraticity For overview of democracy indices, see Democracy indices. Number of nations 1800–2003 scoring 8 or higher on the Polity IV scale, a measure of democracy. World map showing findings from the Polity IV data series report for 2017 ...
Democracy indices are quantitative and comparative assessments of the state of democracy [1] for different countries according to various definitions of democracy. [2]The democracy indices differ in whether they are categorical, such as classifying countries into democracies, hybrid regimes, and autocracies, [3] [4] or continuous values. [5]
Polity is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal. [1] It was established in 1968 at the University of Massachusetts, has been housed at the University of Connecticut, and is now based in the City University of New York (CUNY). It is the official journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association. [2]
Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza after Hamas-led fighters stormed Israeli communities across the border on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages, according ...
Even as Republicans have controlled the House since the beginning of 2023, bitter infighting between right-wing and more moderate GOP members have sparked fights over government spending and ...
January 3, 2023, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes. Members-elect of the United States Senate are sworn in, but members-elect of the United States House of Representatives cannot be sworn as the House adjourns for the day without electing a speaker. [21] January 3–7, 2023: The election for the House speakership takes 15 ballots.
An angry, drunken grandma has been busted in Tennessee for allegedly stabbing her daughter and grandson with a kitchen knife during a Thanksgiving Day argument.
In 2023, according to the Freedom in the World report by Freedom House, India was classified as a "partly free" country for the third consecutive year. [31] [32] The V-Dem Democracy Indices by V-Dem Institute classify India as an 'electoral autocracy'. In 2023, it referred to India as "one of the worst autocracies in the last 10 years". [33]