Latin America is caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, with flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the development sequence - Latin America has democratized before building capable States - does not explain the region's quandary. States can make democracy, but so too can democracy make States.
Focusing on practical applications, this book provides valuable insights for both scholars and practitioners aiming to enhance the quality and usefulness of democratic data. It emphasizes real-world lessons that can be implemented to measure and understand democracy more effectively.
Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.