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Difficult to Count, Important to Measure: Assessing Democratic Backsliding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

Yana Gorokhovskaia Open the ORCID record for Yana Gorokhovskaia [Opens in a new window]
Yana Gorokhovskaia*
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Freedom House, USA
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Assessing the state of democracy and freedom is an important but difficult task. The stakes are high, not only for researchers interested in uncovering the drivers of democratic consolidation or decline but also for policy makers, civil society organizations, journalists, activists, and citizens who work daily to promote and protect human rights at home and abroad. In light of the significance of the task, it is not surprising that the issue of how to measure democracy most accurately continues to be hotly debated.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , April 2024 , pp. 178 - 183
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Political Science Association

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