From Text to Events: Turning Freedom House Reports into Evidence of Democratic Backsliding

• In Event: Frontiers in the Study of Democratic Backsliding

Brief Overview

We convert Freedom House’s reports into structured event data to track democratic gains and declines. Our system captures actors, actions, and targets, aligning with indices while revealing mechanisms of backsliding hidden in summary scores.

Authors

• Matthew Charles Wilson, University of South Carolina

• Kelsey Morgan Martin Morales, University of South Carolina

• Gregory Nelson, University of South Carolina