Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jan Teorell
- Lund University, Department of Political Science
Staffan I. Lindberg
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
John Gerring
- Boston University, Department of Political Science
Michael Coppedge
- University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Svend-Erik Skaaning
- Aarhus University
Description
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a new approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. It is a collaboration among more than 50 scholars worldwide which is co-hosted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden; and the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
With four Principal Investigators, two Program managers, fifteen Project Managers, more than thirty Regional Managers, almost 200 Country Coordinators, and approximately 2,800 Country Experts, the V-Dem project is one of the largest social science data collection projects focusing on research.
V-Dem collects data for 350+ indicators across a wide range of democracy aspects. Electoral democracy is in the centre and linked to this concept we find six additional dimensions of democracy: liberal, majoritarian, deliberative, participatory, consensual and egalitarian. In addition to a number of main indices, data is broken down into a number of components that are available to the user along with all indicators. Through the unique character of the database, old and new questions about th
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Political Science
Contributor(s)
University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1900 – ongoing
Geographic spread
Geographic location: North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, Oceania
Geographic description: Worldwide
Research area
POLITICS, Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations, Conflict, security and peace, Social conditions and indicators
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Lindberg, S. I., & Boylan, J. C. (2013) "Ghana: A Country Report Based on Pilot-Study Data", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 002, June 2012. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR002Ghanapilot2012.pdf
Cornejo, R. C., Diop, A. S., & Coppedge, M. (2012) "Senegal: A Country Based Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 6, November 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR006Senegal.pdf
Hliang, A. A., Teehankee, J., Wang, Y., Mechkova, V., Ciobanu, V., & Lindberg S. I. (2013) "Myanmar/Burma: A Country Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 4, November 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR004Burmav4.pdf
Tiulegenov, M., Tzelgov, E., Mechkova, V., & Lindberg, S. I. (2013) "Georgia: A Country Based Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 3, October 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR003Georgiav10.pdf
Asante, R., Norman, M., Tzelgov, E., & Lindberg, S. I. (2012) "Media in West Africa: A Thematic Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Thematic Report Series, No. 1, October 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/TR001MediainWAfricav5.pdf
Hicken, A. (2012) "Myanmar/Burma: A Country Based Report Based on Pilot-Study Data", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 001, February 2012. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR001Burmapilot2012.pdf
Cornejo, R. C. & Coppedge, M. (2013) "El Salvador: A Country Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Country Report Series, No. 5, November 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/CR005ElSalvador.pdf
Teehankee, J., Tiulegenov, M., Wang, Y., Ciobanu, V., & Lindberg, S. I. (2013) "Party System in South and Southeast Asia: A Thematic Report Based on Data 1900-2012", V-Dem Thematic Report Series, No. 2, October 2013. Available online: https://v-dem.net/DemoComp/en/images/TR002PoliticalPartiesinSAv4.pdf
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