Origin and performance of democracy profiles / Oliver Schlenkrich.

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Origin and performance of democracy profiles / Oliver Schlenkrich.

9783658348809 (electronic bk.)
3658348801 (electronic bk.)
9783658348793
3658348798

Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2021]

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English

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10.1007/978-3-658-34880-9 doi

JC423 .S35 2021

321.8

This study has two central research questions: Do democracy profiles affect policy performance? And what causes democracy profiles? Oliver Schlenkrich conceptualizes and measures different democracy profiles (e.g., libertarian-majoritarian or egalitarian-majoritarian democracies) based on trade-offs between the central democracy dimensions of political freedom, political equality, and political and legal control. In addition, the study conceptually and empirically develops a typology of political performance. Regarding the first research question, the empirical analyses of about 80 democracies from 1974 to 2017 indicate that there is not an overall better performing democracy profile. Thereby, the democracy profiles do not have an immediate effect, instead their effects require a longer period of time to manifest. With respect to the second research question, the empirical findings show that several structural and cultural factors are relevant (e.g., British heritage or a competitive culture). This work is mainly based on Bayesian statistics to cope with the complexity of the data and models. About the author Oliver Schlenkrich works currently on the DFG research project Causes of Transformation and Democracy Profiles: Empirical Findings of the Democracy Matrix located at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. His research interests concern democracy, political culture, political participation, quality of statehood, and quantitative methods.

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