Freedom in the World 2011 - The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties

Informationen zum Autor Freedom House is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. Klappentext 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 194 countries and 14 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.

Product details

• Authors: Freedom House, Freedom House (COR)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2012
• EAN: 9781442209947
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0994-7
• No. of pages: 862
• Series: Freedom in the World: The Annu; Freedom in the World: The Annu
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, Politics & government, Human rights, civil rights, African Studies;Society and Politics