Difference between revisions of "Egalitarian democracy index"

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Assuming that material and immaterial inequalities inhibit the actual exercise of formal
 
Assuming that material and immaterial inequalities inhibit the actual exercise of formal
 
rights and liberties, a more equal distribution of resources, education, and health across various
 
rights and liberties, a more equal distribution of resources, education, and health across various
groups should also enhance political equality. Reflecting this, the V-Dem measure is a
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groups should also enhance political equality" (Coppedge et al. 2016, 583).
BFA [Bayesian factor analysis] based on indicators of both equal power distribution and equal resource distribution
 
(''v2x_egal'', based on 8 indicators)" (Coppedge et al. 2016, 583).
 
  
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|codingrules = The index is composed of several components and lower-level indices applying V-Dem's measurement model (Pemstein et al. 2019) which in turn are indices built from a number of indicators.
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The index itself is "a BFA [Bayesian factor analysis] based on indicators of both equal power distribution and equal resource distribution (''v2x_egal'', based on 8 indicators)" (Coppedge et al. 2016, 583) [emphasis in original; note that variable names in italics refer to V-Dem's nomenclature in their dataset, not in WeSIS].
  
|codingrules = The index is composed of several components and lower-level indices applying V-Dem's measurement model (Pemstein et al. 2019) which in turn are indices built from a number of indicators. For the index aggregation formula see Coppedge et al. 2019, Appendix A.
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For the exact index aggregation formula see Coppedge et al. 2019, Appendix A.
  
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| citation = Coppedge, Michael, Staffan Lindberg, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell. 2016. "Measuring high level democratic principles using the V-Dem data". ''International Political Science Review'' 37 (2): 580-593. [https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512115622046 https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512115622046]
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<li>Coppedge, Michael, Staffan Lindberg, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell. 2016. "Measuring high level democratic principles using the V-Dem data". ''International Political Science Review'' 37 (2): 580-593. [https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512115622046 https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512115622046]
 
 
 
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|projectmanagers = Nils Düpont (A01)
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Revision as of 20:46, 11 March 2020

Quick info
Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels Not applicable
Technical name polnat_polity_democ_delibdem_vdem
Category Political factors
Label Deliberative democracy index
Related indicators

The "Egalitarian democracy index" is part of V-Dem's high level democracy indices capturing features of democracy at the most abstract level. The "Egalitarian democracy index" in particular captures to what extent the ideal of egalitarian democracy is achieved. It ranges from low (0) to high (1).

Conceptually, it is defined as follows: "The egalitarian component [...] encapsulates the ideal of power distributed equally among all citizens regardless of class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other social groups. Assuming that material and immaterial inequalities inhibit the actual exercise of formal rights and liberties, a more equal distribution of resources, education, and health across various groups should also enhance political equality" (Coppedge et al. 2016, 583).


Coding rules

The index is composed of several components and lower-level indices applying V-Dem's measurement model (Pemstein et al. 2019) which in turn are indices built from a number of indicators. The index itself is "a BFA [Bayesian factor analysis] based on indicators of both equal power distribution and equal resource distribution (v2x_egal, based on 8 indicators)" (Coppedge et al. 2016, 583) [emphasis in original; note that variable names in italics refer to V-Dem's nomenclature in their dataset, not in WeSIS].

For the exact index aggregation formula see Coppedge et al. 2019, Appendix A.


Bibliographic info

Citation: Coppedge, Michael, Staffan Lindberg, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell. 2016. "Measuring high level democratic principles using the V-Dem data". International Political Science Review 37 (2): 580-593. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512115622046


Related publications:
  • Coppedge, Michael, Staffan I. Lindberg, Svend-Erik Skaaning and Jan Teorell. 2015. "Measuring High Level Democratic Principles using the V-Dem Data". V-Dem Working Paper No. 6. University of Gothenburg: Varieties of Democracy Institute.
  • Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, M. Steven Fish, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Anna Lührmann, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Agnes Cornell, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Valeriya Mechkova, Johannes von Römer, Aksel Sundtröm, Eitan Tzelgov, Luca Uberti, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, and Daniel Ziblatt. 2019. "V-Dem Codebook v9". Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project.
  • Pemstein, Daniel, Kyle L. Marquardt, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Juraj Medzihorsky, Joshua Krusell, Farhad Miri, and Johannes von Römer. 2019. "The V-Dem Measurement Model: Latent Variable Analysis for Cross-National and Cross-Temporal Expert-Coded Data". V-Dem Working Paper No. 21. 4th edition. University of Gothenburg: Varieties of Democracy Institute.



Misc

Project manager(s): Nils Düpont (A01)


Data release:
  • Not yet applicable


Revisions:
  • Not yet applicable

Sources

  • Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, M. Steven Fish, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Anna Lührmann, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Steven Wilson, Agnes Cornell, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Laura Maxwell, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Natalia Stepanova, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, and Daniel Ziblatt. 2019. "V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v9". Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemcy19