Causes of Transformation and Democracy Profiles: Empirical Findings of the Democracy Matrix

更新提案是正在进行的“民主矩阵作为自由之家和政体民主指数的替代方案：利用民主15领域矩阵执行各种民主数据”项目的后续行动，有三个目标：第一，转型和民主概况的概念性和经验性类型化。之所以能够建立转型和民主概况，是因为对民主矩阵进行了复杂的衡量，一方面区分了各方面和机构，另一方面由于结合了民主质量指标和权衡指标。其次，这两种情况的原因都有待确定。为此，进行了广泛的、差异化的定量分析和补充的案例研究的定性分析。这是该提案的主要目标。第三，将扩大原项目的网站，并出版一本关于项目成果和进程的英文图书作为项目的补充。此外，该项目的成果将在一次会议上展示，政治学家以及政治实践者将被邀请参加会议。这些措施保证了项目成果的科学使用，同时增加了项目的实用性。该项目主要使用各种民主数据，这些数据得到了批判性的反映和系统的组织。民主的两重典型--转型和民主概况--在一定程度上与现有研究相联系，并开发了一种创新的新方法。在混合方法框架下，用定量和定性相结合的方法分析原因，将缩小更多的研究差距。研究过程和结果的透明度--特别是数据集的透明度--允许与科学界密切合作。

The renewal proposal which follows up on the ongoing project "The Democracy Matrix as an alternative to the democracy indices of Freedom House and Polity: Implementation of the Varieties-of-Democracy-Data by using the 15-Field-Matrix of Democracy" has three objectives: Firstly, the conceptual and empirical typification of transformation and democracy profiles. The construction of transformation and democracy profiles is enabled due to sophisticated measurement of the Democracy Matrix, which distinguishes between dimensions and institutions on the one hand and due to the combination of democracy quality- and trade-off-indicators on the other hand. Secondly, the causes of both profiles are to be determined. For this purpose, extensive and differentiated quantitative analyses and complementary qualitative analyses of case studies are conducted. This is the main objective of the proposal. Thirdly, the website from the original project will be expanded and the project will be complemented by an English book publication about the project results and processes. Additionally, the project results will be presented during a conference, where political scientists as well as political practitioners are invited. These measures ensure the scientific use of the project results and increase the practical relevance of the project at the same time. The project works mainly with Varieties of Democracy data which are critically reflected and systematically structured. The twofold typification of democracies – transformation and democracy profiles – is partly linked to existing research and an innovative new approach is developed, as well. Analyzing the causes with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in a Mixed-Methods framework will close additional research gaps. The transparency of the research process and the results – especially of the data sets – allow a close collaboration with the scientific community.