Variable: Electoral Self-Determination

QoG Code: (ciri_elecsd)


Dataset: The CIRIGHTS Data project

Description:

The right of citizens to freely determine their own political system and leadership is known as the right to self-determination. Enjoyment of this right means that citizens have both the legal right and the ability in practice to change the laws and officials that govern them through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal adult suffrage.

Scoring Scheme:
The right of citizens to change their government through free and fair elections is:
(0) Not respected (neither free nor fair elections)
(1) Limited (moderately free and fair elections)
(2) Generally respected (very free and fair elections)

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-11-06


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections Judicial


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 195
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1981 to the year 2021