Democracy Index, 2007
Publisher: Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM), Montenegro
Date: September 2007
Volume: 90 pages, pdf
Description
You will now be looking at the results of the empirical research done in the period September 2006 – September 2007. This is the second research of a panel type aimed at scanning the condition of democracy in Montenegro. This is the measuring of democracy and we used the democracy INDEX shaped and verified in the period behind us. Here we used the same methodological tools as in the past, which provides us with the possibility to compare the data and establish the trends. As a consequence, the idea of this project is to follow the condition of democracy in Montenegro by implementing the panel research year after year. The research was designed in such a way as to provide for the possibility to compare the overall values of the INDEX but the comparison can also be done by segments, i.e. dimensions and aspects of the measuring. In other words, this research, which is the second in the row, makes it possible for us not only to have an insight into whether the overall democracy progressed in comparison to the previous period or not, but it also gives us the possibility to compare the situation in various fields of political and social activities. These are the bases that provide the possibility to identify the critical points or bottlenecks that immanently require the relevant institutions, media, government and non-governmental organizations and other structures to pay attention to the aspects in which the problems have been identified and to try to correct the identified deviations by their activities. This aspect of using the INDEX is of key importance since our task is not only of analytical nature, but it is pragmatic in its essence.