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About this Guide
This democracy primer represents a wide collection of resources that provides an opportunity for members of the E&H community to explore and consider the way scholars, activists, and political analysts approach the question of democracy. You can use this guide as a starting point to engage with questions of definitions, how democracy functions, its relationship with society, the role of citizens, how countries become democratic, and how democracy breaks down.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to suggest additional resources.
-Dr. Krystin Krause & Dr. Sarah Fisher, E&H Political Science Department
What is Democracy?
Articles:
- Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach Coppedge, M., Gerring, J., Altman, D., Bernhard, M., Fish, S., Hicken, A., . . . Teorell, J. (2011). Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach. Perspectives on Politics, 9(2), 247-267.
- Democracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research Collier, D., & Levitsky, S. (1997). Democracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research. World Politics, 49(3), 430-451.
- What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not Schmitter, P.C., & Karl, T.L. (1991). What Democracy Is. . . and Is Not. Journal of Democracy 2(3), 75-88.
