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Democracy Index 2014
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Democracy Index 2014

Democracy and Its Discontents

EIU, 2015

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Innovative
  • Overview

Recommendation

In its annual Democracy Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit provides an invaluable snapshot of how the world’s nations govern. It places 165 countries and two territories on a political spectrum divided into four groups: “authoritarian, hybrid regime, flawed democracy” and “full democracy.” The EIU’s uniquely rigorous approach clarifies the effects of the 2008 financial crash, the Arab Spring and Europe’s sovereign debt crisis on democracy everywhere. getAbstract recommends this study to anyone in global policy making, cross-border finance or international economics, and to those who follow international politics with interest – and, perhaps, dismay.

Take-Aways

  • In general, democracy stagnated around the globe in 2014.
  • Citizen frustration in Eastern Europe remains in check, unlike in the Middle East and North Africa, because Eastern Europeans suffer less inequality.
  • In 2013, the effects of austerity weighed on Europe’s political institutions, and the region’s cumulative democracy score fell.

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The Economist Intelligence Unit is an independent research and analysis organization.


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