The Marginalized Democracies of the World
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F21%3A10438046" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/21:10438046 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=y0ZlVdthtb" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=y0ZlVdthtb</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/dt.2021.080201" target="_blank" >10.3167/dt.2021.080201</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Marginalized Democracies of the World
Original language description
This introductory article to Democratic Theory's special issue on the marginalized democracies of the world begins by presenting the lexical method for understanding democracy. It is argued that the lexical method is better than the normative and analytical methods at finding democracies in the world. The argument then turns to demonstrating, mainly through computational research conducted within the Google Books catalog, that an empirically demonstrable imbalance exists between the democracies mentioned in the literature. The remainder of the argument is given to explaining the value of working to correct this imbalance, which comes in at least three guises: (1) studying marginalized democracies can increase our options for alternative democratic actions and democratic innovations; (2) it leads to a conservation and public outreach project, which is epitomized in an "encyclopedia of the democracies"; and (3) it advocates for a decolonization of democracies' definitions and practices and decentering academic democratic theory.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Democratic Theory
ISSN
2332-8894
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1-18
UT code for WoS article
000740948800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85123550785