Regimes considered: Democracy, Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism.
1. What percentage of the population are eligible
to vote in the country?
a. Less than
30%
b. Between
31-50%
c. Between
51-85%
d. 85-100%
2. How often is
the ruling party voted out?
a. Never (30+ years)
b. Rarely (20-30
years)
c. Sometimes
(10-20 years)
d. Often (5-10
years)
3. Do citizens
have the means to change the incumbent government?
a. Yes
b. No
4. Outside of the ruling party, how many other parties exist?
a. None (0)
b. Few (1-3)
c. Many (4+)
5. Are elections considered to be free, fair, competitive - without
corruption or interference?
a. Never
b. Rarely
c. Often
c. Always
6. Does the country have an active independent
judiciary?
a. Yes
b. No
7. Do the courts follow the rule of law equally and use statutes and
precedents to interpret the law to the best of their ability?
a. Yes
b. Somewhat
c. No
8. Do the military and police forces operate independently of direct
state control or interference?
a. Fully controlled
b. Partially controlled
c. Fully independent
9. How many media outlets are not state-owned?
a. None (0)
b. Few (1-5)
c. Many (5+)
10. Is the media free?
a. No (must follow official
scripts/guidelines)
b. Minimally (can speak out
in some situations, but never against the government without explicit
governmental permission)
c. Partly (Can occasionally
speak against the government without permission/there are a few opposition
stations but not many, often under threat)
c. Yes (The government
cannot control what the media say)
11. Do people have the freedom to politically
protest?
a. Yes
b. No
12. To what extent does the government abide by the rules outlined in a
constitution
a. Never
b. Rarely
c. Often
d. Always
INCARCERATION QUESTIONS:
13. What is the incarceration rate for the country?
14. How frequent is the death penalty used (based on yearly
incarceration rates)
a.
Never (0%)
b.
Rarely (0-5%)
c.
Sometimes ( 5-20%)
d.
Often (20%+)
15. How often does the regime take political prisoners (percentage of
yearly rates)
a.
Never (0%)
b.
Rarely (0-25%)
c.
Sometimes (25-50%)
d.
Often (50%+)
16. Do the citizens have the freedom to leave the country
a.
Yes
b.
No
17. What percentage of prisoners are incarcerated but unsentenced?
a. less than 30%
b. between 30-50%
c. more than 50%
18. Do prisoners have access to fair judicial processes?
a.
Never (0%)
b.
Rarely (0-5%)
c.
Sometimes (5-20%)
d.
Often (20%+)
Helpful websites:
World Prison Brief: https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total
The Economist Intelligence Unit: Democracy Index 2018: https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index
Amnesty International - detention country profiles: https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/detention/
Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/
Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/
Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/
Penal system by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Penal_systems_by_country
Nation Master: stats on government categories by country: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Government
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