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Measuring democracy : a bridge between scholarship and politics / Gerardo L. Munck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munck, Gerardo L. (Gerardo Luis), 1958-
- Series:
- Democratic transition and consolidation.
- Democratic transition and consolidation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Measurement.
- Democracy.
- Democratization--Measurement.
- Democratization.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 178 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9650-9
- OCLC:
- 647867667
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