Measuring Democracy: A Bridge Between Scholarship and Politics

by Gerardo L. Munck

Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L. Munck's constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice.

Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States, Munck's discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801890926
• ISBN13: 9780801890925
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary