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The Quality of a Democracy: An Overview

Journal Article

Authors
Larry Diamond - Stanford University
Leonardo Morlino

Published by
Journal of Democracy, Vol. 15 no. 4, page(s) 20-31
October 2004


Since most of the world's sovereign states are now democracies, there is a growing scholarly focus on "good" or "better" democracy, and on how improvements can not only be measured, but encouraged.

Topics: Democracy