Freedom in the World 2017

The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties

Bibliographic Data

ID19940571
AuthorsFreedom House (corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFreedom in the World 2017 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/9781538100080
OpenAlexW4405554382
ISBN9781538100080
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fifteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development

Political science · Human Rights and Development · Income, Poverty, and Inequality

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