This article evaluates the impact and biases of the Democracy Index as a measure of democratic health, highlighting significant flaws.
The public and the media increasingly use Democratic Global Performance Indicators (GPIs). But how good are these indicators at measuring democratic health? In this article, we look at the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index as an example. We argue that the Index has methodological and ideological biases, yet significant impact nonetheless.
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