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Origin and Performance of Democracy Profiles

Part of the book series: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (VGPO)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction

    • Oliver Schlenkrich
    Pages 1-14
  3. Democracy Profiles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Identifying Profiles of Democracy

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 17-41
    3. Analyzing the Varieties of Democracy Dataset

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 43-94
  4. AGIL Typology of Political Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. AGIL Typology of Political Performance

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 97-112
    3. Aggregating Goal-oriented Performance

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 147-186
    4. Describing Goal-Oriented Performance

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 187-213
  5. Explaining Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
    2. Explaining Goal-Oriented Performance

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 217-294
    3. Explaining Policy Regime Performance

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 295-336
    4. Conclusion

      • Oliver Schlenkrich
      Pages 337-342
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 343-363

About this book

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.

Keywords

  • Democracy Profiles
  • Performance
  • Democracy Quality
  • Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Trade-offs

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Würzburg, Berlin, Germany

    Oliver Schlenkrich

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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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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