Asymmetry Index

Definition

The degree to which grievance-based systems produce unequal exposure to scrutiny, cost, or constraint. In corrective regimes, asymmetry is bounded and proportional; in fragile regimes, asymmetry becomes structurally entrenched and disconnected from empirical harm.

Formula

Example

A high asymmetry index emerges when grievance authority expands to adjacent domains while exemptions from scrutiny also expand—accruing power without reciprocal accountability.

Source

LGIT-MFC Section 3.3