Multidimensional Similarities at a Global Scale: An Approach to Mapping Open Society Orientations

Massimo Buscema (), Pier Luigi Sacco () and Guido Ferilli
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Massimo Buscema: Semeion Research Center
Pier Luigi Sacco: IULM University

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, vol. 128, issue 3, No 14, 1239-1258

Abstract: Abstract This paper analyzes the global geography of open society orientations in the sense of Karl Popper’s notion of open society, by means of a database consisting of five common, public and widely used indicators such as UNDP’s Human Development Index, the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index, the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index, Reporters Sans Frontières’ Press Freedom Index, and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. We carry out a cluster analysis based on the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) technique, and find that the geography of open society orientation organizes globally into four main clusters with distinctive socio-economic characteristics. We discuss the implications of the clusterization and find that it provides interesting insight also as to the post-2008 response of countries to the global financial crisis.

Keywords: Human Development Index; Global Competitiveness Index; Economic Freedom Index; Press Freedom Index; Corruption Perception Index; Self-organizing map; Clusters; Open society orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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