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Does the World Believe in Democracy?
Thu, May 15th, 2008
Washington, D.C.
On May 13, 2008, the Carnegie Endowment and WorldPublicOpinion.org hosted an event based on the release of World Public Opinion’s poll on citizen attitudes toward democracy around the world. Steven Kull presented the findings of the poll, the latest in a series conducted in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The survey reached 17,525 respondents in 19 nations. The target countries were chosen to represent a sampling of large countries across the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) scale of full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Thomas Carothers
Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Director, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Thomas Carothers, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, is a leading expert on comparative democratization and international support for democracy.
Steven Kull
Director, Program for Public Consultation
Steven Kull is a political psychologist and director of the Program for Public Consultation, part of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He has conducted scores of opinion surveys internationally as well as domestically.
Thomas O. Melia