Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Freedom House
Pages: 862
Trim: 6½ x 10
978-1-4422-0994-7 • Hardback • November 2011 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
978-1-4422-0995-4 • Paperback • November 2011 • $92.00 • (£71.00)
978-1-4422-0996-1 • eBook • December 2011 • $87.00 • (£67.00)
Freedom House is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.
While there are many sources of economic data, good political data is hard to find. Freedom House's survey is an exception. For anyone concerned with the state of freedom, or simply with the state of the world, Freedom in the World is an indispensable guide.
— Fareed Zakaria, CNN; Newsweek
Freedom in the World is an invaluable source for scholars and essential reading for policymakers and political leaders concerned with the promotion and consolidation of democracy.
— Orlando Patterson, Harvard University
This overview will be indispensable to anyone interested in political and civil liberties.
— Publishers Weekly
Freedom in the World is the Michelin Guide to democracy's development.
— Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
An essential source, Freedom in the World works from the assumption that freedom is a universal value, not reserved for the rich.
— Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History and the Last Man
The explosion of democracy is a central development of our era. Freedom House provides an invaluable resource in this authoritative survey of the on-the-ground realities of the state of freedom around the world.
— Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
This annual survey does the admirable, and difficult, work of explaining which governments are honoring the principles of human liberty and which aren’t.
— The New Republic
This well-organized, easy-to-use work will benefit readers at all levels of interest and expertise. Highly recommended.
— Choice Reviews