Freedom in the World 2007

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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES • POLITICS > : Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flágship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-settíng comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 193 countries and a group of select territories are used by policymakers, the média, international corporations, and civic activists and humán rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. "The explosion of demotröcy is a central development of our era. Freedom House provides an invfaluable resource, in this authorítative survey of the on-the-ground realities of the state.of freedom aroünd the world." -Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Carnegie Endowmentfor International Peace "Freedom in the World is an indispensable reference." -Sámuel R Huntington, Harvard University "An essential source, Freedom in the World works from the assumption that freedom... Tovább

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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES • POLITICS > : Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flágship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-settíng comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 193 countries and a group of select territories are used by policymakers, the média, international corporations, and civic activists and humán rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. "The explosion of demotröcy is a central development of our era. Freedom House provides an invfaluable resource, in this authorítative survey of the on-the-ground realities of the state.of freedom aroünd the world." -Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Carnegie Endowmentfor International Peace "Freedom in the World is an indispensable reference." -Sámuel R Huntington, Harvard University "An essential source, Freedom in the World works from the assumption that freedom is a universal value, not reserved for the rich." -Francis Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins University "Freedom in the World is the Michelin Guide to democracy's development." -Dániel Henninger, Woll Street Journal "Freedom in the World is an invaluable source for scholars and essential reading for policymakers and political leaders concerned with the promotion and consolidation of democracy." -Orlando Patterson, Harvard University "While there are many sources of economic clata, good political data is hard to find. Freedom House's survey is an exception. Foranyone concerned with the state of freedom, or simply with the state of the world, Freedom in the World is an indispensable guide." -Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek "This overview will be indispensable to anyone interested in political and civil liberties." -Publishers Weekly Vissza