Posts tagged with 'Democracy Index'

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August 18, 2015

The long shadow of Stasi spying

Many countries monitor their citizens using secret surveillance systems. According to the Democracy Index 2012, published by the Economist Intelligence […]

authoritarian states
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economic performance
German Democratic Republic
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Ministry for State Security
population decline
secret surveillance systems
social capital
spying
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Trust
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Andreas Lichter
Max Loeffler
Sebastian Siegloch