Abstract
This article represents an analysis of efficiency of Ukrainian democracy within the framework of three popural indices of democracy – The Economist Democracy Index, Freedom In the World index and Polity IV. Comparative analysis shows the core factors which bring three different democratic concepts, used in the indices, to the integral unity. Finding correlation between factors of Ukrainian democracy, measured in the indices through a certain time period (2006-2018), helps getting integral look at the problem of non existent universal theoretic base for understanding democracy. The basic idea of the analysis, represented in this article, shows that different factors, used by indices in measuring democracy, do not evenly correlate in practice, though they represent holistic approach to the essence of democracy. Choosing specific theoretical approach of understanding democracy makes it hard for indices to fully measure real democracy. This analysis aims at searching correlation in different basic factors of democratic models, used by indices with different approaches. As the result of the analysis the article ranks a number of basic factors, used in three popular indices of democracy, according to the strength of correlation of these factors with other factors of the index they represent and with the final score of the index. Integral choice of the basic factors, which correlate with the change of Ukraine’s democratic trends according to the three indices, covers several dimensions of democratic model. Ukrainian democratic trends in the specific time period (2006-2018), as the analysis shows, from integral point of view correlates the most with the changes in electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties and legal restrictions of the executive power. Political culture, political participation and individual rights show weak correlation with Ukrainian democratic trends within the period of time, chosen for the analysis.
Highlights
Civil libertiesThe general annual score of the index shows the weakening of the efficiency of democracy in Ukraine from 2006 to 2014, from 2015 to 2018 there is a gradual increase in indicators without returning to pre-crisis levels
This article represents an analysis of efficiency of Ukrainian democracy within the framework of three popural indices of democracy – The Economist Democracy Index, Freedom In the World index and Polity IV
The following indicators characterize the specifics of the political regime of Ukraine in the selected period of time according to the Polity IV index (Tab. 8): Looking at the trends of democratic changes in Ukraine for the selected period of time in the Polity IV index, we see a more stable picture, showing significant changes in 2010 and 2014 and generally consistent with trends described by two other indices – The
Summary
The general annual score of the index shows the weakening of the efficiency of democracy in Ukraine from 2006 to 2014, from 2015 to 2018 there is a gradual increase in indicators without returning to pre-crisis levels. The factor "functioning of the government" demonstrates similar changes - the highest score from the described time period Ukraine attains in 2006 and observes a steady decline in the indicator, as well as a sharp decline since 2014. This factor shows a decline after 2010, which is in line with the general trend in the country. The indicator of "political culture" in general does not correspond to changes in the general trend of the country, shows the highest score in 2008, a sharp decline – in 2010 and a gradual improvement - since 2014. The following table shows the dynamics of Ukraine's democracy efficiency indicators from 2006 to 2018 according to the Freedom In the World index (Tab 4)
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