@techreport{Lauth2015,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Lauth, Hans-Joachim},
  title     = {The Matrix of Democracy: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Measuring the Quality of Democracy and Regime Transformations},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-10966},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-109665},
  pages     = {29},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The article presents a proposal for the assessment of the quality of democracy. After elaborating on the methodological strategy, a definition of democracy is proposed, which entails the construction of the matrix of democracy based on three dimensions (political freedom, political equality, and political and judicial control) and five institutions. The methodological application of this measuring tool is then explained. This conception guarantees an appropriate measurement in different cultural contexts, enables the characterization of democratic profiles, and allows for the identification of deficiencies in democracies. Before the conclusion, three examples of the measurement (USA, Russia, and Italy) illustrate how the matrix works.},
  subject      = {Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft},
  language  = {en}
}