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Problems (7): PR-00001–PR-00007 — Meaning Crisis, Illegitimate Domination,
Performance Society Exhaustion, Fascization, Epistemic Power Concentration,
Platform Feudalism, Knowledge Isolation

Models (5): Han, Fisher, Foucault, Vervaeke, Graeber/Anarchism

Values (6): Epistemic Sovereignty, Authority Requires Justification,
Exhaustion Is Structural, Mutual Aid Over Market, Digital Autonomy Is Political,
Deep Reflection As Practice

Arguments (3): Platform Feudalism → Democracy, PKM as Epistemic Strategy,
Algorithmic Rationality Erodes Autonomy

Organizations (5): IndieWeb, Wikimedia Deutschland, Reporter ohne Grenzen,
Mehr Demokratie e.V., netzpolitik.org

Plans (1): de-plan1-sven.md — Germany plan with 6 challenges, 5 strategies

Data (1): DE-Democracy-Metrics — V-Dem, RSF, EIU, ARD-DeutschlandTREND,
Bundeswahlleiter, More in Common

Cross-linking: KNOWLEDGE-GRAPH.md + entities.json index

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-04-18 22:38:38 +02:00

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DE-Democracy-Metrics — Source Documentation

Overview

Unlike DE-Common-Metrics (which uses live APIs), DE-Democracy-Metrics is manually maintained from annual institutional reports. Most democracy indicators are produced yearly by research institutes with no machine-readable API.

Update rhythm: Annual (typically February–April for prior year data)

Primary Sources

EIU Democracy Index (The Economist Intelligence Unit)

URL: https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index/ (annual report)
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demokratieindex_(The_Economist)
Auth: Report purchase required for full data; summary/rankings publicly available
Format: PDF report + press release tables
Metrics: Overall score (0–10), 5 sub-indices: Electoral process & pluralism, Functioning of government, Political participation, Political culture, Civil liberties
Categories: Full Democracy (≥8.0), Flawed Democracy (6.0–7.9), Hybrid Regime, Authoritarian
Germany status: Full Democracy, typically ranked #12–18 globally
Frequency: Annual (published January for prior year)
Key insight: Score trends matter more than absolute rank — Germany has been slowly declining from ~9.0+ in early 2010s

V-Dem Institute (Varieties of Democracy)

URL: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/
Auth: Free download, registration required
Format: CSV / Excel (annual dataset)
Metrics: Liberal Democracy Index, Electoral Democracy Index, ~400 further indicators
Lag: ~12–18 months (2024 data published early 2025)
Key series: v2x_libdem (Liberal Democracy), v2x_polyarchy (Electoral Democracy)

Reporters Without Borders — Press Freedom Index

URL: https://rsf.org/en/index
Auth: None (public)
Format: Web table + downloadable CSV
Metrics: Press Freedom Score (0–100), Rank (180 countries)
Frequency: Annual (published May)

ARD-DeutschlandTREND

URL: https://www.infratest-dimap.de/umfragen-analysen/bundesweit/ard-deutschlandtrend/
Auth: None (public)
Format: PDF press releases + web tables
Metrics: Party support, institutional trust, issue salience
Frequency: Monthly

Bundeswahlleiter — Federal Returning Officer

URL: https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2025.html
Auth: None (public)
Format: CSV / Excel download + web tables
Metrics: Voter turnout, vote shares by party, constituency results
Frequency: Per election

Bertelsmann Stiftung — Transformation Index / Democracy Report

URL: https://bti-project.org/ and https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/
Auth: None (public)
Format: PDF + online database
Metrics: Democracy status, governance quality, political participation
Frequency: Biennial (BTI), annual (democracy reports)

Eurobarometer (EU Commission)

URL: https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/browse/all
Auth: None (public)
Format: SPSS/CSV microdata + PDF toplines
Metrics: Trust in EU institutions, trust in national governments, democracy satisfaction
Frequency: Biannual (Standard Eurobarometer)

Manual Update Process

Since no live API is available, updates require:

Check V-Dem release page for new annual dataset
Download RSF press freedom CSV (published May each year)
Pull latest ARD-DeutschlandTREND for trust metrics
Update Bundeswahlleiter data after elections
Update DE-Democracy-Metrics.md with new values and dates
Append row to de-democracy-current.csv if maintained

Potential Future Automation

Some metrics could be partially automated:

Eurobarometer has a REST-like data API: https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/api/
Bundeswahlleiter publishes structured CSVs after elections
V-Dem could be queried via their API after registration

Full automation would require a dedicated update.ts script similar to DE-Common-Metrics.

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