Which are the world's strongest democracies? - The World …
Feb 23, 2017 · Countries with declining levels of democracy outnumbered those becoming more democratic by more than 2 to 1. The EIU’s Democracy Index measures the state of democracy by rating electoral processes and pluralism, the state of civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation and political culture in more than 160 ...
5 charts that show the state of global democracy in 2024
Jul 26, 2024 · With elections being held across the world, 2024 is shaping up to be quite the year for global democracy. In fact, voters in eight of the 10 most populous countries are going to the polls this year. Fresh off the back of votes in India, the European Union, the UK and France, US voters will participate in the presidential election in November.
These are the countries which are the world’s oldest democracies ...
Aug 8, 2019 · In today’s chart, we used data from Boix, C., Miller, M., & Rosato, S. (2013, 2018), which looks at the age of democratic regimes for 219 countries since the year 1800. Countries are classified as democracies if they meet the following conditions:
This is how Switzerland’s direct democracy works
Jul 31, 2017 · Known as "direct" democracy, it’s a legal framework that enables all Swiss citizens over the age of 18 to vote on how the country is run. The system has some high-powered admirers. France’s newly elected President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants a similar system of referendums in place for French voters.
These are world's most democratic countries, according to the …
Feb 2, 2018 · Other Western countries to fall into the “flawed democracy” category include France and Italy. Meanwhile around one-third of the world’s population lives under authoritarian rule. Various aspects of a democracy are assessed, including each country’s electoral process, civil liberties the functioning of government, political ...
These countries are losing their freedoms fastest
Nov 6, 2017 · Of the remaining nations, 30% are considered to be partly free, with some level of democracy and press that may be corrupt or heavily under the control of the ruling party. And finally there are a quarter of the world’s countries that are …
Why society needs to protect facts if we value democracy
Jan 16, 2024 · Failure to deliver this will lead to a slide-back from democracy. Social media can contribute to this slide. The promise of “connecting the world” is well intentioned but its polarization can fragment us into groups, which ultimately can help weaken the fabric of society and undermine the consensus process necessary for democratic decision ...
America’s dominance is over. By 2030, we'll have a handful of …
Nov 11, 2016 · These countries are also likely to remain the top performers in 2030, alongside Brazil (if it gets its house in order), Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Indonesia and others. Barring a spectacular collapse of global markets or catastrophic armed conflict (both of which are now more plausible in the wake of Donald Trump´s victory), they will ...
Does democracy boost economic growth? | World Economic Forum
May 20, 2014 · A belief that democracy is bad for economic growth is common in both academic political economy as well as the popular press. Robert Barro’s seminal research in this area concluded that “more political rights do not have an effect on growth … The first lesson is that democracy is not the key to economic growth” (Barro 1997, pp. 1 and 11).
Democracy isn't in as much trouble as you might think
Apr 3, 2018 · According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, just 19 countries, most of them in Western Europe, can be described as “full democracies,” as opposed to “flawed democracies,” “hybrid regimes,” or “authoritarian regimes.” Of the 167 countries in the index, 89 registered signs of deterioration in 2017 compared to ...