Variable: Civil Society Participation

QoG Code: (bti_csp)


Dataset: Bertelsmann Transformation Index

Description:

To what extent does the political leadership enable the participation of civil society in the political process? From 1 to 10.

  1. The political leadership obstructs civil society participation. It suppresses civil society organizations and excludes its representatives from the policy process.
  2. The political leadership neglects civil society participation. It frequently ignores civil society actors and formulates its policy autonomously.
  3. The political leadership permits civil society participation. It takes into account and accommodates the interests of most civil society actors.
  4. The political leadership actively enables civil society participation. It assigns an important role to civil society actors in deliberating and determining policies.

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-10
Last updated by source: 2022-02-21


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture Political System


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Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 136
Standard time-series: 137


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This variable has information from the year 2005 to the year 2021