Measuring political institutions in the long run : a latent variable analysis of political regimes, 1810–2018

Garoupa, Nuno (avtor), Spruk, Rok (avtor)

In this article, latent variable analysis is used to construct hybrid measure of political development based on the plausible common variation between objective and subjective indicators of political institutions. For a sample of 167 countries for the period 1810–2018, we chart long-term paths of political development. Our empirical strategy attempts to overcome the existing potential bias in the measures of democracy in the long run by extracting the institutional characteristics of political regimes, voter turnout, expert-based assessments and electoral outcomes into two latent indices of political development that can be compared both across space and time. The evidence reveals the remarkable persistence of multiple peaks in the world distribution of political development and uncovers contrasting long-term trajectories across countries traditionally featured in the political economy literature. Our findings add to the current debate about measurement of democratic backsliding.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: socio-political system, public institutions, analysis, political institutions, comparative long-run development, principal component analysis, empirical political economy
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 867-914
• Številčenje: Vol. 173, iss. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159775
• UDK: 321
• ISSN pri članku: 0303-8300
• DOI: 10.1007/s11205-024-03364-1
• COBISS.SI-ID: 200287235
• Datum objave v RUL: 24.07.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Social indicators research
• Skrajšan naslov: Soc. indic. res.
• Založnik: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 0303-8300
• COBISS.SI-ID: 26406400

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: družbenopolitična ureditev, družbene ustanove, analiza