Measurement & indicators
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- An empirical analysis of African political party manifestos
- ( S. Elischer (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2010)
- The third wave of democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a new interest in African political parties and their role in democratic consolidation. However few, if any, studies systematically c...
- Democratic regimes, poverty and inequality
- ( G. Bland (ed);C. Arnson (ed);M. Bratton / Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , 2009)
- The establishment of democratic governance is normally encumbered by unrealistic expectations. This volume delves into the difficult challenges facing democratic regimes facing deep-seated poverty, sy...
- Monitoring democracy: consensus and challenges
- ( G.L. Munck / School of International Relations, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California , 2006)
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The monitoring of democracy is both desirable and doable. Yet, as proposals to monitor democracy have gained prominence and as the political stakes of such exercises have become more evident, criti...
- Enhancing capacity to monitor government performance
- ( M. O’Donnell / World Bank , 2001)
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This paper develops a set of governance monitoring tools on the basis of international experience.
In contrast to efforts to develop a single governance rating, this approach seeks to co... - Are the perception-based indicators of governance reliable?
- ( M. Kurtz;A. Schrank / European School on New Institutional Economics , 2008)
- While political scientists have traditionally deployed objective indicators of “political organization and administrative capacity”, including tax ratios, tax structures, political partici...
- How to use governance indicators?
- ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2007)
- The increasing demand for reliable measures of governance has resulted in a tremendous growth in indicator sources, which are used to measure the performance of governments, the quality of public inst...
- An evaluation of governance structures in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
- ( H. Melber (ed);G. Totemeyer;C.J. Makgala;S.J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala , 2007)
- This document is composed of three papers: the contributions on Namibia and Botswana look at the extent to which these countries are able to set standards in terms of well functioning democracies; the...
- Measurement of human rights: a guide to tackle challenges
- ( Carr Center for Human Rights Policy , 2006)
- Drawing on a workshop that was held at Harvard in July of 2006, this booklet presents an introductory guide for practitioners who are interested in tackling the challenge of measurement in the field o...
- Democracy measures: an overview of data sets
- ( G.L. Munck / World Bank , 2003)
- This paper provides an overview of measures of democracy, governance and rule of law. The focus is on broad cross- national data sets, that is, those data sets that can offer a sense of the overall va...
- Measurement issues in political science
- ( G.L. Munck;J. Verkuilen / Georgetown University , 2003)
- This paper seeks to respond to the need to bring measurement back in to political science. It does so through an in-depth discussion of the methodological issues involved in the measurement of democra...
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