Methodology

Every case follows the same structure: Context, Decision, Implementation, Results, Distribution, Rights and Institutions, What Remains Contested, and Transferability. No country is described as a simple success or failure.

Claims carry their own citations, stored separately from the text, so a source can be corrected or re-used without rewriting the case. Published material distinguishes verified fact, attributed interpretation, acknowledged uncertainty, and Ogov's own analysis.

Governance indexes are used as diagnostic entry points, never as league tables or answers. A learner is expected to move from an indicator to local evidence, causal hypotheses, consultation, and a testable intervention.

Where a named person or institution faces material criticism in a current political case, they are normally offered a right of reply before publication.