23 research outputs found
When and Where Do Elections Matter? A Global Test of the Democratization by Elections Hypothesis, 1900-2012
Full text linkMultiple Measurements, Elusive Agreement, and Unstable Outcomes in the Study of Regime Change
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50th anniversary special issue the future of Democracy
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Theory-consuming or Theory-producing?: Studying Turkey as a Theory-developing Critical Case
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Testing for a Political Bias in Freedom House Democracy Scores: Are U.S. Friendly States Judged To Be More Democratic?
No full textDemocratisation of Democracy? On the Discontinuity Between Empirical and Normative Theories of Democracy
No full textThe paper considers the gap that exists between between normative and empirical theories of democracy. Empirical theories usually stop in their aspirations where normative theories get off the ground, that is, they take the model of liberal democracy as their normative horizont. This is a confusing situation especially with regard to the possibilities of enhancing the quality of existing liberal democracies. We argue that a simple recalibration of democracy indexes, so as to include normatively more demanding considerations, is impossible, due to certain recurring features of normative models. We conclude that if we want to be serious about bridging the gap, concessions should be made both sides
