The Economist Democracy Index Comparative Politics, Prof. Giuliani, third trimester of 2013, Karolin Hunger,

The Democracy Index The Democracy Index Ranking of state of democracy Ranking of state of democracy, based on 60 indicatores of 5 different categories: electoral processes and pluralism civil liberties functioning of government political partizipation political culture

The Democracy Index The Democracy Index Classification of regime types Full democracies  scores of Flawed democracies  scores of 6 – 7.9 Hybrid regimes  scores of 4 – 5.9 Authoritarian regimes  scores of 0 – 3.9

Methodology For every country the 60 indicatores were answered by experts or public-opinion surveys Missings: survey results from similar countries Dichotomous answers (0 or 1) or three-answer alternative questions (0 or 0,5 or 1)

Methodology To get the index: the sum of all answers within one category, multiplied by ten, divided by the total number of questions within the categoryExceptions: a few very important questions: low score leads to penalty of score sum of their category

The Democracy Index 2012

Democracy Index 2012 by region Type of regimeScoresN of countries % of countries % of world population Full democracies8.0 – Flawed democracies6.0 – Hybrid regimes4.0 – Authoritarian regimes0.0 –