List of freedom indices
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| - | + | This article contains a '''list of freedom indices''' produced by several [[non-governmental organization]]s that publish and maintain assessments of the state of [[Freedom (political)|freedom]] in the world, according to their own various definitions of the term, and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including civil liberties, political rights and economic rights. | |
| - | The measure of the level of democracy in nations throughout the world published by [[Freedom House]] and various other [[freedom indices]], the Middle Eastern and North African countries with the highest scores are [[Israel]], [[Tunisia]], [[Turkey]], [[Lebanon]], [[Morocco]], and [[Kuwait]]. Countries that are occasionally classified as partly democratic are [[Egypt]] and [[Iraq]]. The remaining countries of the Middle East are categorized as [[authoritarian regime]]s, with the lowest scores held by [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Freedom House]] categorizes Israel and Tunisia as "Free", Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait and Morocco "Partly Free", and the remaining states as "Not Free" (including [[Western Sahara]], which is controlled by Morocco). Events of the "[[Arab Spring]]" such as the [[Tunisian Revolution]] may indicate a move towards democracy in some countries which may not be fully captured in the democracy index. In 2015, Tunisia became the first Arab country classified as free since the beginning of Lebanon’s civil war 40 years ago. Theories are diverse on the subject. "Revisionist theories" argue that democracy is slightly incompatible with Middle Eastern values. [Lewis, Bernard. ''[[What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East]]''] On the other hand, "post-colonial" theories (such as those put forth by [[Edward Said]]) for the relative absence of [[liberal democracy]] in the Middle East are diverse, from the long history of imperial rule by the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[British Empire|Britain]] and [[French colonial empires|France]] and the contemporary political and military intervention by the [[United States]], all of which have been blamed for preferring authoritarian regimes because this simplifies the business environment, while enriching the governing elite and the companies of the imperial countries. Other explanations include the problem that most of the states in the region are [[rentier state]]s, which experience the theorized [[resource curse]]. | + | |
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Human rights in the Middle East]] | + | * [[Human Freedom Index]] |
| - | *[[Human trafficking in the Middle East]] | + | * ''[[Areopagitica]]: A speech of Mr [[John Milton]] for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England'' |
| - | *[[LGBT in the Middle East]] | + | * [[Censorship by country]] |
| - | *[[Women in Arab societies]] | + | * [[Freedom House]] |
| - | *[[American democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa]] | + | * [[Freedom in the World]] |
| - | *[[Freedom in the World]] | + | * [[Indices of economic freedom]] |
| - | *[[List of freedom indices]] | + | * [[Internet censorship by country]] |
| + | * [[Media transparency]] | ||
| + | * [[Transparency (humanities)]] | ||
| + | * [[Transparency (market)]] | ||
| + | * [[United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]] | ||
| + | * [[Corruption Perceptions Index]] | ||
| + | * [[Ease of doing business index]] | ||
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This article contains a list of freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world, according to their own various definitions of the term, and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including civil liberties, political rights and economic rights.
See also
- Human Freedom Index
- Areopagitica: A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England
- Censorship by country
- Freedom House
- Freedom in the World
- Indices of economic freedom
- Internet censorship by country
- Media transparency
- Transparency (humanities)
- Transparency (market)
- United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Ease of doing business index
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