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DEBATE: Measurement Validity and Institutional Engineering – Reflections on Rein Taagepera's Meta-Study

Rein Taagepera’s meta-analysis of my Patterns of Democracy (1999) succeeds admirably in highlighting and clarifying the key elements and connections in the book’s arguments, and it offers a host of constructive suggestions for improving the operational measurements of my variables and their utility for institutional design. In addition, it presents several intriguing results of re-analysis and further analysis of my data. If I ever prepare a new edition of my book, its differences from the original version will be inspired to a large extent by Taagepera’s perceptive observations.