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Jan Teorell

Jan Teorell

Swedish political scientist

Oct 13, 2026

9:06
And let us move straight on to Jan.
9:10
Thank you very much.
9:12
So I was asked the question, how can we measure the health of democracy? And as Claudia pointed out, health here is used as a medical metaphor.
9:23
And of course, one can think about that in different ways.
9:28
And I will think about health as something that we can have to a certain degree.
9:33
You could also ask the question of life or death when it comes to democracy.
9:37
You could also ask the question, is this a democracy or is it not? That's a very valid approach, and it's also a very conventional one in the study of democracy.

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30:02
Jan, really interested in your thoughts on all of that and also what your evidence suggests about whether there are particular aspects of democracy that are doing better or worse and what that tells us about underlying causes.

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