Varieties of Democracy

Varieties of Democracy is the essential user's guide to The Varieties of Democracy project (V-Dem) one of the most ambitious data collection efforts in comparative politics. This global research collaboration sparked a dramatic change in how we study the nature causes and consequences of democracy. This book is ambitious in scope: more than a reference guide it raises standards for causal inferences in democratization research and introduces new measurable concepts of democracy and many political institutions. Varieties of Democracy enables anyone interested in democracy - teachers students journalists activists researchers and others - to analyze V-Dem data in new and exciting ways. This book creates opportunities for V-Dem data to be used in education research news analysis advocacy policy work and elsewhere. V-Dem is rapidly becoming the preferred source for democracy data.