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

更新建议是继正在进行的项目“民主矩阵作为自由之家和政体的民主指数的替代方案：通过使用民主的15个字段矩阵实现民主数据的多样性”之后提出的，该项目有三个目标：首先，转型和民主概况的概念和经验类型化。由于对民主矩阵进行了复杂的测量，能够构建转型和民主概况，民主矩阵一方面区分了维度和机构，另一方面由于民主质量和权衡指标的结合。其次，要确定两种情况的原因。为此，对案例研究进行了广泛而有区别的定量分析和补充性的定性分析。这是该提案的主要目标。第三，将扩充原项目的网站，并出版一本介绍项目成果和过程的英文书籍。此外，项目结果将在会议上展示，政治科学家和政治实践者将被邀请。这些措施保证了项目成果的科学利用，同时增加了项目的实际相关性。该项目主要使用各种民主数据，这些数据经过批判性的反映和系统的结构。民主国家的双重典型- -转型和民主概况- -部分与现有的研究有关，而且还发展了一种创新的新方法。在混合方法框架中结合定量和定性方法分析原因将缩小更多的研究空白。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.