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Democratic Quality in Stable Democracies.

Arend Lijphart¹

¹Department of Political Science, 0521, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0521 USA.

|January 25, 2011

Summary

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Measuring democratic quality requires ensuring a country has universal suffrage and an uninterrupted democracy. Consensus democracy, particularly proportional representation, significantly enhances democratic quality.

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Area of Science:

Political Science
Comparative Politics
Democracy Studies

Background:

Robert Dahl's "Polyarchy" (1971) is a foundational work for measuring democratic quality.
Assessing democratic quality involves evaluating institutional characteristics and democratic continuity.
Previous efforts to measure democratic quality provide a basis for current research.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline the essential criteria for measuring the quality of democracy.
To identify institutional factors contributing to higher democratic quality.
To build upon existing frameworks for assessing democratic performance.

Main Methods:

Defining minimum requirements for a democracy (universal suffrage, uninterrupted governance).
Analyzing the relationship between institutional characteristics and democratic quality.
Examining the role of consensus democracy and proportional representation.

Main Results:

Democratic quality measurement necessitates prior judgments on institutional sufficiency and democratic stability.
Universal suffrage and uninterrupted democratic periods are minimum prerequisites.
Consensus democracy, especially proportional representation, is strongly linked to higher democratic quality.

Conclusions:

Establishing clear criteria is crucial for accurately measuring democratic quality.
Institutional design, particularly consensus-oriented systems, significantly impacts democratic performance.
Further research can refine these measures for robust comparative analysis.