Varieties of Democracy Project Description

摘要: This document lays out a new approach to conceptualization and measurement of democracy, dubbed Varieties Democracy (V-Dem). In Part I, we review the weaknesses extant approaches. II, lay our approach, which may be characterized as historical, multidimensional, disaggregated. III, discuss process data collection. IV, describe project management. V, what have accomplished date remains accomplished. VI, suggest payoffs bring study democracy some outcome indicators that will used assess V-Dem’s impact on several communities it is intended serve.