Knoema.com - Democracy http://pt.knoema.com 2021-01-26T20:43:52Z /favicon.png Knoema é o seu caminho pessoal do conhecimento Women in Parliament Around the Globe //pt.knoema.com/fzwnho/women-in-parliament-around-the-globe 2021-01-26T20:43:52Z Balaji S pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1000220
Women in Parliament Around the Globe

Politics has long been considered as a 'man's world.' Even today, women remain significantly underrepresented in legislative and executive branches of government globally despite research that suggests a strong connection between women in leadership and economic and democratic gains.Today one-fifth of the world's parliamentarians and less than one quarter of national leaders are women. Rwanda, Cuba and Bolivia have the highest share of women parliamentarians, however, Europe has traditionally maintained the highest representation of women in government. As of June 2016, the ratio of men and women lawmakers in Belgium, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland was about three to two.Countries of Asia and Oceania demonstrate persistent underrepresentation of women, despite progress made toward changing the political landscape during the last twenty years.  Statistics suggest that past gender disparities may be eroding as more and more women have risen to positions of power. During the last two decades, the share of women parliamentarians in the world has doubled, increasing from 10.8 percent in 1997 to 21.2 percent in 2016. On the whole, all countries to greater or lesser extents increased women's participation in their respective political systems during the reference period with the exception of only nine countries, among which North Korea performed the worst.African countries, especially Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Senegal, witnessed particularly significant progress in empowering women within government ranks. In the Arab States, progress has been uneven. While the United Arab Emirates and Syria made gains in 2016, there was no change in the male-female distribution in the parliamentary chambers of Kuwait or Qatar. In Kuwait, one woman has been the exclusive female representative in parliament for several years, while Qatar remains the only country in the region committed to a male-only parliament. Research supports a link between countries in which women are empowered as political leaders and higher standards of living. As such, the argument can be made that measures should be taken to encourage development of women into political leaders to build sustainable democracies and meet global development goals. Research shows a positive relation between the share of women parliamentarians and GDP per capita. In addition, as more women are elected to office, there is a corresponding shift in policy priorities toward family, women, and ethnic and racial minorities that bolsters democratic values.

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Global Democracy Ranking //pt.knoema.com/eaocbig/global-democracy-ranking 2018-11-29T12:22:11Z Alina Buzanakova pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1293450
Global Democracy Ranking

The Democracy Ranking compares the development of quality of democracy in 112 countries during the years 2008-2015. It is based on the following dimensions: politics, economy, ecology and environment, gender equality, health and health status, and knowledge. The possible values that a country can achieve go from 1 (minimum) to 100 (maximum).

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The Democracy Index //pt.knoema.com/hfbknjf/the-democracy-index 2018-01-31T11:25:07Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
The Democracy Index

The Democracy Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries around the world. The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation, and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes countries as one of four regime types: full democracies (8-9 overall index score), flawed democracies (6-7 overall score), hybrid regimes (4-6 overall score) and authoritarian regimes (less than 4). On this page you can analyze country-level statistics on democracy, using a new Knoema's bubble-tree visual gadget. Select the country of your interest on the map to see the details of its state of democracy, or choose the indicator from a bubble-tree to observe the world country rankings. Source: Sustainable Governance Indicators, Quality of Government Institute

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Democracy from Central Europe to Eurasia //pt.knoema.com/jnpaqug/democracy-from-central-europe-to-eurasia 2015-10-26T12:48:14Z Alex Kulikov pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1847910
Democracy from Central Europe to Eurasia

Today we present the results of democracy development survey conducted in 29 countries of Central Europe and Eurasia by "Freedom House", the organization established in 1941 in the United States and aimed at expansion of democracy across the world, as it is the best way to fight against totalitarian ideologies which still continue to prevail in several states. The ratings presented are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 7 the lowest. The 2013 ratings reflect the period January 1 through December 31, 2012. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan since 2010 bottom out the list of democracy score ranking: the entrenched political regimes in these countries destructed opposition and got rid of independent journalists struggling for freedom. As for the top of the list, Slovenia continues to keep leading position, being the best performing country according to Freedom House. In spite of that, surge of protests took place in Slovenia in 2012 caused by unpopularity of austerity package and allegations of corruption against senior politicians. The most significant improvement over 2012 year has passed across Latvia, Czech Republic and Georgia. Latvia's good performance is the result of continuously decreasing political influence of oligarchs as well as increased regulation of political party financing. On the whole, democracy quality has improved in 6 out of 29 countries under review during 2012. Source: Freedom House Nations in Transit 2013 See also: Democracy Index 2012

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Rule of Law 2 //pt.knoema.com/crxwvhb/rule-of-law-2 2013-11-22T09:48:29Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Rule of Law 2

The Rule The World Justice Project has recently released its first annual report, which it claims is the most comprehensive perspectives concerning Rule of Law, and clearly indicates that the United States is far behind other modern nations like Sweden and the Netherlands in maintaining a relevant and applicable rule of law among its government, the public, and other nongovernmental influences. The Freedom of the Press Index has also been added in which Sweden and Netherlands also lead.of Law Index is based on three factors, described below, and five other factors described on Rule of Law 1.

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