The International IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Foreword B. Save-Soderbergh. Introduction. Part 1: Explaining the Method. The IDEA framework and other assessment methodologies. Explaining the Assessment Framework. From Democratic Principles to Mediating Values and Institutions. What the Framework Assesses. Charting the Process of Assessment. Strategies for Making Democracy Assessments Public. Part 2: Democracy Assessment in Practice. Examples of Democracy Assessments. Assessing Accountability: the Use of Qualitative Tables. Measuring Democratic Progress: the Use of Quantitative Information. Codes of Good Practice. Part 3: The Assessment Framework. Full List of Search Questions. The Assessment Framework: Four Columns. Search Questions. Relevant Evidence and Data. Sources of Data. Possible International Standards for Assessment. Preliminary Data. Citizenship, Law and Rights. 1. Nationhood and Citizenship. 2. The Rule of Law and Access to Justice. 3. Civil and Political Rights. 4. Economic and Social Rights. Representative and Accountable Government. 5. Free and Fair Elections. 6. Democratic Role of Political Parties. 7. Government Effectiveness and Accountability. 8. Civilian Control of the Military and Police. 9. Minimising Corruption. Civil Society and Popular Participation. 10. The Media in a Democratic Society. 11. Political Participation. 12. Government Responsiveness. 13. Decentralisation. Democracy Beyond the State. 14. International Dimensions of Democracy. Appendix. Tables and Boxes. Abbreviations. About the Authors.