Five features distinguish V-Dem from previous endeavors to measure democracy: First, because no c... more Five features distinguish V-Dem from previous endeavors to measure democracy: First, because no consensus exists regarding how to conceptualize and measure democracy, we approach democracy as multidimensional. Instead of imposing a definition that would necessarily omit features of democracy that matter to some users, we measure multiple varieties of democracy and allow users to choose the one that reflects their own understanding of the concept. Second, we collect information on indicators relevant to democracy at a highly disaggregated level and make both aggregated and disaggregated data freely available. Third, we enlist multiple experts to code each subjective indicator, permitting intercoder reliability tests (for nonfactual questions). Fourth, we extend indicators for each country back through modern history to 1900 whenever possible. Finally, we offer not only point scores measuring various dimensions of democracy, but also confidence bounds for every point estimate. While other projects that attempt to measure democracy may contain one or several of these features, none combines them all.
... de Informacion Legislativa of the Venezuelan Congress, and especially its Directora Tecnica S... more ... de Informacion Legislativa of the Venezuelan Congress, and especially its Directora Tecnica Sol Arias Fer-nandez, has been ... Venezuela) Democratic Action Party ADN Accion Democratica Nacionalista (Bolivia) Nationalist Democratic Action Party ANDI Asociacion Nacional de ...
Five features distinguish V-Dem from previous endeavors to measure democracy: First, because no c... more Five features distinguish V-Dem from previous endeavors to measure democracy: First, because no consensus exists regarding how to conceptualize and measure democracy, we approach democracy as multidimensional. Instead of imposing a definition that would necessarily omit features of democracy that matter to some users, we measure multiple varieties of democracy and allow users to choose the one that reflects their own understanding of the concept. Second, we collect information on indicators relevant to democracy at a highly disaggregated level and make both aggregated and disaggregated data freely available. Third, we enlist multiple experts to code each subjective indicator, permitting intercoder reliability tests (for nonfactual questions). Fourth, we extend indicators for each country back through modern history to 1900 whenever possible. Finally, we offer not only point scores measuring various dimensions of democracy, but also confidence bounds for every point estimate. While other projects that attempt to measure democracy may contain one or several of these features, none combines them all.
... de Informacion Legislativa of the Venezuelan Congress, and especially its Directora Tecnica S... more ... de Informacion Legislativa of the Venezuelan Congress, and especially its Directora Tecnica Sol Arias Fer-nandez, has been ... Venezuela) Democratic Action Party ADN Accion Democratica Nacionalista (Bolivia) Nationalist Democratic Action Party ANDI Asociacion Nacional de ...
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