Measuring Effective Democracy: A Defense
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Measuring Effective Democracy : A Defense. / Alexander, Amy Catherine; Inglehart, Ronald; Welzel, Christian.
World Values Survey Association, 2011. p. 1-40 (World Values Research; Vol. 4, No. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Measuring Effective Democracy
T2 - A Defense
AU - Alexander, Amy Catherine
AU - Inglehart, Ronald
AU - Welzel, Christian
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Against recent criticism, this article demonstrates that the Index of Effective Democracy (EDI) has scale properties that are fully consistent with the normative premises of the indexes construction logic. Empirically, it is shown that the EDI deviates from all other indices of democracy in a perfectly intended way that incorporates substantiating qualities of democracy which the other indices neglect. As a result, the EDI outperforms all other democracy indices in its associative strength with key theoretical correlates of democracy, conditional and consequential. From a substantive point of view, the EDI is the most reliable and valid index of democracy that is currently available.
AB - Against recent criticism, this article demonstrates that the Index of Effective Democracy (EDI) has scale properties that are fully consistent with the normative premises of the indexes construction logic. Empirically, it is shown that the EDI deviates from all other indices of democracy in a perfectly intended way that incorporates substantiating qualities of democracy which the other indices neglect. As a result, the EDI outperforms all other democracy indices in its associative strength with key theoretical correlates of democracy, conditional and consequential. From a substantive point of view, the EDI is the most reliable and valid index of democracy that is currently available.
KW - Politics
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - World Values Research
SP - 1
EP - 40
BT - Measuring Effective Democracy
PB - World Values Survey Association
ER -