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Democracy around the Globe

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Dark green 9-10 Green 8-9 Light green 7-8 Yellowish green 6-7 Yellow 5-6 Orange 4-5 Orangish red 3-4 Red 2-3 Burgundy 0-2 Gray Not enough data 8-10 Full Democracies 6-8 Flawed Democracies 4-6 Hybrid Regimes 0-4 Authoritarian Regimes

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Democracy Criteria? Democratic countries: The citizens have a high degree of political and civil freedom. Partly democratic countries: The citizens have a lower degree of political rights and civil freedom, often due to insufficient legislation and corruption. Non-democratic countries: The citizens have no civil freedom and the political processes are strictly controlled. (The more democratic a country is governed, the more political participation and civil freedom are available for the citizens of the country.)

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Democracy Criteria part II 1. Free and Fair Elections 2. Civil Rights 3. Economic Freedom 4. Multi-Party System 5. Separation of Power w/ Legislative Branch

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Democracy Criteria part III electoral process and pluralism civil liberties the functioning of government political participation and political culture

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Mostly Democratic Regions N. and S. America Europe India Australia Indonesia/ SE Asia A few countries in Africa

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Semi-Dictatorships Russia Kazakhstan Many African countries

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Dictatorships Arabian Peninsula China Vietnam A few African countries

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Oppressive Regimes (very bad dictatorships) North Korea Myanmar Iran Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Zimbabwe Syria Belarus