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Humanentwicklung und Demokratie: Welcher Index erfasst die „humane“ Dimension der Demokratie am besten?

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Demokratiemessung

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Mit der globalen Demokratisierungswelle der zurückliegenden Jahrzehnte ist das Interesse an quantitativen Demokratie-Indizes enorm gestiegen. In auffälligem Gegensatz zur Gebrauchshäufigkeit einiger Indizes steht aber der magere Kenntnisstand über ihre Messqualität. Dies bietet Anlass, gerade die gebräuchlichsten Demokratie-Indizes einem Validitätstest zu unterziehen. Einen Versuch hierzu, der unter einer bestimmten, dabei aber besonders relevanten, Theorieperspektive steht, will ich in diesem Beitrag unternehmen.

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Welzel, C. (2000). Humanentwicklung und Demokratie: Welcher Index erfasst die „humane“ Dimension der Demokratie am besten?. In: Lauth, HJ., Pickel, G., Welzel, C. (eds) Demokratiemessung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-89590-5_7

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