It’s better in many ways than the standard western way of simply defining democracy by whatever the Nordics are doing, and then ranking everyone else accordingly. China has a very different democratic model than western countries, and so usually fails a lot of checks that are only checking for norms within western style democracies. This ranking helps take into account differences in model towards more socialist democracy by checking how the people feel.
I’m not comparing it to anything, I’m judging it at face value, and it doesn’t pass the smell test. It leads to countries with a one-party system getting scored +5 on pluralism. That ‘does not track’.
China, for example, has 8 parties in addition to the CPC, and has many different administrative divisions. It isn’t the same kind of pluralism as found in western countries, so it’s difficult to compare one to one. Investigating how the question was asked will reveal a lot more about how it is interpreted by the people of China.
It’s better in many ways than the standard western way of simply defining democracy by whatever the Nordics are doing, and then ranking everyone else accordingly. China has a very different democratic model than western countries, and so usually fails a lot of checks that are only checking for norms within western style democracies. This ranking helps take into account differences in model towards more socialist democracy by checking how the people feel.
I’m not comparing it to anything, I’m judging it at face value, and it doesn’t pass the smell test. It leads to countries with a one-party system getting scored +5 on pluralism. That ‘does not track’.
China, for example, has 8 parties in addition to the CPC, and has many different administrative divisions. It isn’t the same kind of pluralism as found in western countries, so it’s difficult to compare one to one. Investigating how the question was asked will reveal a lot more about how it is interpreted by the people of China.
Stop trying to sell me China
How or why would I sell a country?
Goodbye