WHAT DOES A GOVERNMENT WITHOUT DEMOCRACY LOOK LIKE? 28 INVESTIGATE THE DATA
This is The Economist’s Democracy Index Report for 2017. Examine it closely and answer the questions that follow.
UNDERSTAND
1. Which country scores worst in terms of democracy? 2. What do most of the countries in the top ten have in common?
3. Where did the United States come on this table of ‘most democratic countries’? Did this surprise you? Give a reason for your answer.
4. What score did these two countries from our case studies get in this data? (a) Saudi Arabia
(b) North Korea From what you read in the last section, do you think they deserve these scores?
5. Identify one country from this list (Ireland aside) where you would be happy to live and one where you would not like to live. Give reasons for your answers.