Editing Democracy (section)

==Measurement of democracy==
{{anchor|Indices ranking degree of democracy}}
[[File:Economist_Intelligence_Unit_Democracy_Index_2024.svg|alt=|thumb|upright=1.5|The 2024 [[The Economist Democracy Index]] map
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'''Full democracies'''
{{Legend|#0c3091|9.00–10.00}}
{{legend|#2f5cd5|8.00–8.99}}
'''Flawed democracies'''
{{legend|#6bd2df|7.00–7.99}}
{{legend|#c3eded|6.00–6.99}}
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'''[[Hybrid regimes]]'''
{{legend|#f9f8bb|5.00–5.99}}
{{legend|#fad45d|4.00–4.99}}
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'''[[Authoritarian regimes]]'''
{{legend|#da820f|3.00–3.99}}
{{legend|#a8261f|2.00–2.99}}
{{legend|#66000f|1.00–1.99}}
{{legend|#240011|0.00–0.99}}
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[[File:V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index 2025 Robinson World.svg|alt=|thumb|upright=1.5|[[V-Dem Democracy Indices|V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index]] map for 2024<ref name="j496">{{cite web | title=Democracy Report 2025, 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped? | url=https://v-dem.net/documents/54/v-dem_dr_2025_lowres_v1.pdf | access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
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{{Legend|#0c3091|0.900–1.000}}
{{legend|#2f5cd5|0.800–0.899}}
{{legend|#6bd2df|0.700–0.799}}
{{legend|#c3eded|0.600–0.699}}
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{{legend|#f9f8bb|0.500–0.599}}
{{legend|#fad45d|0.400–0.499}}
{{legend|#da820f|0.300–0.399}}
{{legend|#a8261f|0.200–0.299}}
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{{legend|#66000f|0.100–0.199}}
{{legend|#240011|0.000–0.099}}
{{legend|#c0c0c0|No data}}
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Measurement of democracy varies according to the different fundamental conceptions of democracy. Minimalist democracy evaluations focus on [[free and fair election]]s,<ref name="Schumpeter">{{cite book|last1=Schumpeter|first1=Joseph |title=Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190072 |date=1942 |publisher=Harper and Brothers |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190072/page/n259 252] |edition=1st}}</ref> while maximalist democracy evaluates additional values, such as [[human rights]], [[deliberation]], [[economy|economic]] outcomes or [[state capacity]].<ref name="u916">{{cite journal | last1=Schmitter | first1=Philippe C | last2=Karl | first2=Terry Lynn | title=What Democracy Is. . . and Is Not | journal=Journal of Democracy | volume=2 | issue=3 | date=1991 | issn=1086-3214 | doi=10.1353/jod.1991.0033 | pages=75–88}}</ref>

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