Measuring Democracy: A Bridge between Scholarship and Politics by Gerardo L. Mun

Description: Measuring Democracy by Gerardo L. Munck Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L. Muncks constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice. Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States, Muncks discussion bridges the theories of academia with practical applications. In proposing a more open and collaborative relationship between theory and action, he makes the case for reassessing how democracy is measured and encourages fundamental changes in methodology. Muncks field-tested framework for quantifying and qualifying democracy is built around two instruments he developed: the UN Development Programmes Electoral Democracy Index and a case-by-case election monitoring tool used by the OAS. Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy. Notes Muncks book is a laudable effort to build bridges between the world of democratic theory and related methodologies and the practical world of politics and government, which in the past have remained isolated from each other. Data and measurements produced by scholars do have an impact outside the academic world, and, as Munck compellingly argues, scholars have a social responsibility to produce useful knowledge. -- Dante Caputo, former foreign minister of Argentina and Secretary for Political Affairs of the Organization of American States This is an important and timely contribution. The increasing academic and policy interest in democracy and democratization demands improved analytical and empirical criteria. This book is a significant contribution to this task, for which Munck is superbly qualified. -- Guillermo ODonnell, coauthor of Transitions from Authoritarian Rule Gerardo Munck has thought long and hard about the measurement of democracy. With this brilliant book, he delivers the fruits of that careful thinking in a way that will stimulate methodologists, improve the results of scholarly analyses of democracy, and provide concrete tools for election observers in the field. This book goes further than any other that I know toward bringing conceptual and measurement validity into the study of democracy. -- James Mahoney, author of The Legacies of Liberalism Author Biography Gerardo L. Munck is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He consults regularly on democracy evaluation for international and nongovernmental organizations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Munck is the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, also published by Johns Hopkins. Table of Contents List of Figures and TablesPreface1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex Review There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies Promotional Muncks book is a laudable effort to build bridges between the world of democratic theory and related methodologies and the practical world of politics and government, which in the past have remained isolated from each other. Data and measurements produced by scholars do have an impact outside the academic world, and, as Munck compellingly argues, scholars have a social responsibility to produce useful knowledge. -- Dante Caputo, former foreign minister of Argentina and Secretary for Political Affairs of the Organization of American States This is an important and timely contribution. The increasing academic and policy interest in democracy and democratization demands improved analytical and empirical criteria. This book is a significant contribution to this task, for which Munck is superbly qualified. -- Guillermo ODonnell, coauthor of Transitions from Authoritarian Rule Gerardo Munck has thought long and hard about the measurement of democracy. With this brilliant book, he delivers the fruits of that careful thinking in a way that will stimulate methodologists, improve the results of scholarly analyses of democracy, and provide concrete tools for election observers in the field. This book goes further than any other that I know toward bringing conceptual and measurement validity into the study of democracy. -- James Mahoney, author of The Legacies of Liberalism Long Description Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L Muncks constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice. Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS), Muncks discussion bridges the theories of academia with practical applications. In proposing a more open and collaborative relationship between theory and action, he makes the case for reassessing how democracy is measured and encourages fundamental changes in methodology. Muncks field-tested framework for quantifying and qualifying democracy is built around two instruments he developed: the UN Development Programmes Electoral Democracy Index (EDI) and a case-by-case election monitoring tool used by the OAS. Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy. Review Text ""There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended."" Review Quote There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. Details ISBN0801890934 Author Gerardo L. Munck Short Title MEASURING DEMOCRACY Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Series Democratic Transition and Consolidation Language English ISBN-10 0801890934 ISBN-13 9780801890932 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 321.8 Year 2009 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Birth 1958 Audience Age 13 Subtitle A Bridge between Scholarship and Politics NZ Release Date 2009-06-10 US Release Date 2009-06-10 UK Release Date 2009-06-10 Pages 200 Publication Date 2009-06-10 Alternative 9780801890925 Illustrations 7 Line drawings, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2009-04-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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