![]() ![]() Qnly seldom, however, have they stepped back and systematically taken stock of the conceptualization and operationalization of the core variables framing their analysis even though the quality of academic work presupposes accurate measurement. Many analysts have turned to a number of quantitative data sources to facilítate their studies. ![]() Nonetheless, the causes, consequences, and development of civil liberties have been the subject of considerable cross-national research. The general problem is quite simply that governments do not generally publish statistics on how repressive they are, and it is virtually an axiom that the more repressive the regime, the more difficult it is for researchers to have access to information about its atrocities (Goldstein, 1992:44-45). First of all, the availability and reliability of data for contemporary human rights studies is rather low. While reports on civil liberty violations certainly suggest the existence of a human rights problem, the creation of equivalent measures is often problematic for a number of methodological reasons. Palabras clave: Libertades civiles, conceptualizacion, medición, reglas de codificación. La evaluación destaca que se necesita mucha más precaución en el desarrollo (y uso) de bases de datos sobre libertades civiles. Además, las medidas confunden dos tipos distintos de libertades civiles. En general, la justificación de las decisiones tomadas en relación con los indicadores es inadecuada, y dentro de las deficiencias encontramos grandes limitaciones en la cobertura temporal, reducción conceptual y redundancia, restricciones en torno a la disponibilidad de datos desagregados, reglas de codificación insuficientes y no sistemáticas, bajo poder de discriminación y normas de agregación con poco fundamento. El trabajo demuestra que estas medidas están marcadas por diferencias que a menudo no son sólo una cuestión de forma, sino también de idoneidad. Key words: Civil Liberty, conceptualization, measurement, coding rules.Įste artículo ofrece una evaluación crítica de diez medidas de libertad civil (sus respectivos objetos de estudio, su alcance, su conceptualizacion, su medición y su agregación). The evaluation underlines that more precaution is needed in the development (and use) of civil liberty datasets. In addition, the measures tap into two distinct types of civil liberties. In general, the justification of choices made in relation to the index constructions are inadequate and among the particular shortcomings we find severe limitations in the years covered, conceptual conflation and redundancy, restrictions on availability of disaggregate data, unsystematic and insufficient coding rules, low discriminatory power, and unfounded aggregation rules. It demonstrates that the measures are marked by differences that are often not only a question of form but also of' appropriateness. The evaluation addresses their focus and scope, conceptualization, measurement, and aggregation. This article offers a critical assessment of ten-civil liberty measures. Midiendo la libertad civil: Una evaluación de base de datos estandarizados ![]() ![]() Measuring civil liberty: an assessment of standards-based data sets REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLÍTICA/VOLUMEN 29 / N° 3 / 2009 / 721 - 740 ![]()
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