The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy (2007)

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This document is the Economist Intelligence Unit’s index of democracy, published in ‘The World in 2007’ and written by Laza Kekic, described as the unit’s director of country forecasting services.

The piece discusses how democracy can be defined and measured, noting that there is no single agreed definition, and draws a distinction between the ideas of freedom and democracy before presenting its own index.

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