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One advantage of our index compared with others is that it provides for considerable differentiation of scores, including among developed countries. The “near-perfect” democracy is Sweden, the country with the highest score. The other Nordic countries also have high ranks. By contrast, the United States and Britain are near the bottom of the full democracy category, but for somewhat different reasons. America falls down on some aspects of governance and civil liberties. Despite low election turnouts, political participation in the United States is comparatively high. In Britain low political participation (the lowest in the developed world) is a major problem, and to a lesser extent, for now, so are eroding civil liberties. [Emphasis added]

Labels: Civil liberties, Democracy