V-Dem Institute

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A complex approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. Dataset with 29.7 million data points, 202 countries, 480+ indicators, from 1789-2020.

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    Oct 14

    Curious about what you'd be working on? Check out our video (co-produced with , & ) on the Academic Freedom Index & why it matters:

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    Oct 13

    The Kellogg Institute played a pivotal role in the work that led to the establishment of the . Now, data from Varieties of Democracy is being used by the in its work:

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  3. Oct 13

    Postdoc Position in Joint / Project on Academic Freedom. Deadline: 31 Oct. Apply here

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  4. Oct 11

    While the positive relationship between political & human welfare becomes apparent only in the long run, countries tend to also exhibit reductions in health equality in the short term, as the graph shows.[5/5]

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  5. Oct 11

    Empirical evidence collated by 's Case for Democracy program demonstrates that autocratization corresponds to lower estimated life expectancy, less effective health service coverage, & higher levels of individual out-of-pocket spending [4/5]

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  6. Oct 11

    The latest Democracy report highlighted & as among the top 10 major autocratizers around the world in 2010-2020. Ukraine & Slovenia have also experienced a substantial decline in their levels of democracy in this decade[3/5]

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  7. Oct 11

    Red dots indicate that the scores for , , , & have substantially decreased in the last decade.[2/5]

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  8. Oct 11

    This Graph of the Week shows changes in health equality in & (CCE) countries from 2010 to 2020. This score reflects the extent to which a country guarantees high-quality basic healthcare to all citizens.[1/5]

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    Oct 5

    Did you know that 68% of the world’s population live in electoral and closed autocracies? In our we had the pleasure of welcoming Director, to give a keynote address. It was a wake up call. Read more:

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    Oct 7

    COVID-19 made it a difficult year for democracy. Check out Pandemic Backsliding: A Year of Violations and Advances in Response to Covid-19 published by here to learn more:

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  11. Oct 4

    In that light, the most recent referendum could be understood as AMLO’s attempt to mobilize his electoral base although it failed.

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  12. Oct 4

    Both that personalization of politics and polarization in politics rapidly increased in 2018 when the current president took office. The ruling AMLO’s populist campaign set those who support the status quo against the anti-corrupt establishment camp.

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  13. Oct 4

    Seeking to untangle this, this graph shows trends on 3 indicators in Mexico.'s person of the leader indicator represents the extent to which the political leader of the country is portrayed as having extraordinary attributes valued by society

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  14. Oct 4

    On Aug 1st, 2021, held a nationwide referendum on investigating former presidents for corruption, backed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The turnout was extremely low – slightly more than 7% of eligible voters.

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  15. Oct 4

    is currently looking for: • 1 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science (100%). Deadline: Nov 11 • 1 Associate Senior Lecturer (TT) (100%). Deadline: Oct 10

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  16. Sep 30

    What are the dividends of democratic governance? On Nov 30 & Dec 1, the Case for Democracy Conference, organized by the with support from the , will provide answers to this question. Details & registration in our Sep newsletter

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    Sep 30

    New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP16587 Democracy Doesn’t Always Happen Over Night: Regime Change in Stages and Economic Growth Markus Eberhardt ,

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    Sep 28

    provides an "online graphing" feature to grab some idea about starting serious research. It is easy to use and great! I just make a simple legitimation comparison among survived communist regimes in the world. Some insights there.

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    Sep 30

    The AFi is a joint (♥️) project by researchers at GPPi, and the . We also worked closely with the network. For more about the project, check out:

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  20. Sep 28

    Drilling-down quickly reveals what drives the decline of electoral democracy in Brazil. [5/5]

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