Gerardo L. Munck is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He consults regularly on democracy evaluation for international and nongovernmental organizations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Munck is the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, also published by Johns Hopkins.

There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex

Gerardo L. Munck is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He consults regularly on democracy evaluation for international and nongovernmental organizations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Munck is the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, also published by Johns Hopkins.

There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex

Gerardo L. Munck is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He consults regularly on democracy evaluation for international and nongovernmental organizations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Munck is the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, also published by Johns Hopkins.

There is something for everybody in this book... Highly recommended. -- Todd Landman Journal of Latin American Studies 2010

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices3. Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories4. Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index5. Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions6. Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values7. Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex