This book assesses the interconnectedness of democracy and economic development. It concentrates on how to conceptualize and to measure democracy and quality of democracy in global comparison. The author makes the argument that a quality-of-democracy understanding based on sustainable development relates crucially with economic growth, but more so with economic development. The empirical macro-model focuses on approximately 151 countries and covers about a twelve-year period of 2002-2014, identifying the following basic dimensions as being relevant for further analysis: freedom, equality, control, sustainable development, and self-organization (political self-organization). Readers will appreciate the global perspective the work offers.

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David F. J. Campbell is a Lecturer and Privatdozent with the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna, a Quality Enhancement Expert and Quality Researcher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, and a Researcher with the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and Danube University Krems. His articles on knowledge, innovation, knowledge economy and democracy (knowledge democracy and quality of democracy) have been published in several international journals.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: How to Conceptualize Democracy, Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison, and Democracy as Innovation Enabler 1.1 The Research Questions

1.2 Conceptualization of Democracy and Quality of Democracy: The Basic Quintuple-Dimensional Structure of Democracy

1.3 Conceptual Research Design and Methodic Framework of Analysis

1.4 Preview of Coming Sections and Chapters of Analysis

1.5 Resume: How Innovative is the Here Presented Approach of Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy and Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison and of Democracy as Innovation Enabler?

2. The Empirical Macro-Model: How to Measure Democracy and the Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison

2.1 Country Sample and Total Sample of 160 Countries

2.2 Method and Methodology of The Applied Framework of Analysis

2.3 Possible Empirical Definition of Democracies, Semi-Democracies and Non-Democracies

2.4 Identification of Countries and Country Groups for The Comparative Analysis of Freedom, Equality, Sustainable Development, and Self-Organization (Political Self-Organization)

3. Comparative Empirical Analysis of The OECD Countries: Freedom, Equality and Sustainable Development in The OECD countries (2002-2016)

4. Comparative Empirical Analysis of The Non-OECD Countries: Freedom, Equality and Sustainable Development in The Non-OECD Countries (2002-2016)

5. Comparative Empirical Analysis of Global Trends of The OECD and Non-OECD countries and of The Whole World: Freedom, Equality and Sustainable Development in The World (2002-2016)

6. The Basic Dimension (Basic Conceptual Dimension) of Self-Organization (Political Self-Organization): Government/Opposition Cycles and Political Swings (Political Left/Right Swings), Peaceful Person Change of Head of Government and Peaceful Party Change of Head of Government in Global Comparison (2002-2016 and 1990-2017)

7. Conclusion: Summary and Formulation of Hypotheses for Further Research on Democracy, Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison and Democracy as Innovation Enabler

7.1 Conclusion: Summary of Comparison of Countries and Country Groups over The Dimensions of Freedom and Equality (2002-2016)

7.2 Outlook: Formulation of hypotheses for further research on democracy and quality of democracy in global comparison

7.3 Resume of The Conclusion

Appendix to the Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy and Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison / Indicators and Dimensions: Documentation of Scores for Indicators and Dimensions (Sub-Dimensions): Scores Transformed (Re-Scaled) to Value Ranges of 0-100

Appendix A.1 Documentation of the complete country sample: 160 countries (years 2002-2016)

Appendix A.2 Documentation of the indicators: transformed scores (re-scaled to 0-100) of the 160 countries (years 2002-2016)

Appendix A.3 Overview and summary: documentation of the transformed (re-scaled) indicators and aggregated dimensions (sub-dimensions) for identified countries and country groups (years 2002-2016)