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    2008 index of economic freedom

    The Heritage Foundation, 2008
    This is the 14th edition of The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom. The objective of the Index is to catalogue economies in a quantitative and rigorous manner. Yet the Index is more than a simple ranking based on economic theory and empirical study. It also identifies the variables that comprise economic freedom and analyses the interaction of freedom with wealth.
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    Bringing measurement back in: methodological foundations of the electoraldemocracy index

    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 democracy, a key concept in political science and, more broadly, in the social sciences.
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    Tracking progress in democracy and governance around the world: lessons and methods

    United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, 2002
    This paper focuses on the efforts of different institutions to assist governments and democracy actors with tools and methods for monitoring and assessing progress in democracy and good governance in the third wave democracy countries.
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    IDEA’ s state of democracy assessment, methodology: what we have contributed and what have we learnt

    Democratic Audit of Australia, 2006
    This paper focuses on a methodology – State of Democracy (SOD) methodology, developed by the International Institute for Democracy Assistance (IDEA) to assess the state of democracy in the world.
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    Support for competitive politics and government performance: public perceptions of democracy in Senegal

    Afrobarometer, 2007
    Previous analyses of citizens’ perceptions of democracy in Senegal have largely focused on elite views. This study seeks to present perspectives of democracy from the point of view of ordinary Senegalese citizens.
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    Popular attitudes to democracy in Ghana

    Afrobarometer, 2008
    This study shows that popular support for and satisfaction with democracy in Ghana has been high and trending upwards since 2002.
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    Sources for democratic governance indicators

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    A plethora of governance indicators exist that have been developed and used by intergovernmental organizations, development agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector. This source guide, based on a desktop mapping of these indicators, provides a snapshot of governance indicator sources that were surveyed in the mapping.
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    Political openness: an assessment of democracy

    Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, 2008
    This paper is a critical reflection on the inconsistencies between current operationalisation of democracy and the concepts behind various operationalisation attempts. The criticisms concern two aspects:
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    Political rights versus public goods: uncovering the determinants of satisfaction with democracy in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2007
    This paper seeks to explain the divergence between preference for democracy and satisfaction with its outcome. It focuses on the way political fragmentation, a distinguishing characteristic of democratic regimes, interacts with intrinsic versus instrumental understanding of democracy, leading to different levels of satisfaction with democratic outcomes.
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    Quality of elections, satisfaction with democracy and political trust in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2007
    The quality of elections is an important indicator of democratic consolidation. This paper finds a significant relationship between citizens’ evaluation of the quality of elections and their satisfaction with democracy as well as trust in political institutions in Africa. The findings are based on the analysis of data from surveys conducted in 18 African countries in 2005.

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