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Estado & comunes, revista de políticas y problemas públicos
On-line version ISSN 2477-9245Print version ISSN 1390-8081
Abstract
ENCALADA, Ana Marcela Paredes. Methodological proposal for the measurement of the plebiscitary electoral democracy index based on the Varieties of Democracy Project. E&c [online]. 2023, vol.2, n.17, pp.79-102. ISSN 2477-9245. https://doi.org/10.37228/estado_comunes.v2.n17.2023.327.
This paper proposes that the index of participatory components of direct democracy be included in the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project to measure plebiscitary electoral democracy. In the V-Dem project, half of the measurement correspond to the additive polyarchy index and the other half to five indices: fair elections, freedom of expression, association, multiplicative polyarchy and percentage of the population with suffrage. This study proposes the concept, attributes, and components of a sixth element: the index of participatory components. Arguably, including assessments of direct democracy exercises (plebiscite, referendum) would allow electoral democracy to be revalued. Considering that the elections variable is the cornerstone of any representative democracy, this proposal could provide a reliable, neutral, and impartial methodology.
Keywords : index of plebiscite electoral democracy; Varieties of Democracy; representative democracy; index of participatory components; participatory components index.