Measuring the quality of democracy: Introduction

被引:19
作者
Geissel, Brigitte [1 ,2 ]
Kneuer, Marianne [3 ,4 ]
Lauth, Hans-Joachim [5 ]
机构
[1] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Polit Sci & Polit Sociol, Frankfurt, Germany
[2] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Democrat Innovat Res Unit, Frankfurt, Germany
[3] Univ Hildesheim, Polit Sci, Hildesheim, Germany
[4] Univ Hildesheim, Polit Sci Inst, Hildesheim, Germany
[5] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Polit Sci & Sociol, Comparat Polit, Wurzburg, Germany
关键词
Democracy; quality of democracy; theory; political institutions; citizens; INNOVATION;
D O I
10.1177/0192512116669141
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
This introductory article discusses current challenges in quality of democracy research, explains the objectives of this Special Issue, and provides a brief overview of controversies in existing indices that are considered by the contributors to this Special Issue.
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页码:571 / 579
页数:9
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