Індекс демократичних виборів ; Index of democratic elections ; Индекс демократических виборов

Abstract

Запроваджено та розкрито суть індексу демократичних виборів як показника, що дозволяє з'ясувати рівень демократичності конкретних виборчих перегонів. Показано особливості та методику обчислення індексу демократичних виборів у країнах з «перехідним» політичним режимом. ; Purpose of publication - to work out methodology ofdetermination of level of democratism of electoral process in«transitional» societies and especially in Ukraine. For realizationof the mentioned purpose an author enters a concept «Index ofdemocratic elections» as index, that allows to find out the level ofdemocratism of every electoral campaign.An idea underlying the index says that elections canbe considered as democratic only at certain conditions –comprehensive observance of all approved by long-term worldand home electoral practice democratic principles of elections.The author distinguishes three groups of democraticprinciples of elections – basic, additional and processional,each of that includes its own concrete principles. Taking intoaccount that different principles have different «weight» (theydifferently influence the level of democratism of elections),Buchyn M. A. assigns each of principles with certain amount ofpoints from 50 to 200. In addition, each of democratic principlesof elections consists of indicators. The level of their inhibitionis examined separately in electoral legislation and in concreteelectoral practice.In accordance with aforesaid Index of democratic elections iscalculated as a relation of sum of the points gained for the level oftheir inhibition during an electoral campaign, to the maximallypossible sum of points. An index can acquire numerical valuefrom 0 (elections are fully undemocratic) to 1 (elections are fullydemocratic). ; Введена и раскрыта сущность индекса демократическихвыборов как показателя, что позволяет выяснить уровеньдемократичности конкретных избирательных гонок.Показаны особенности и методика вычисления индексадемократических выборов в странах с «переходным»политическим режимом.