Professorship for Research of Political Culture

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Die Professur für Politische Kulturforschung beschäftigt sich mit Modernisierung, sozialer Wandel, und Human Empowerment; Demokratisierung, Demokratiemessung und Qualität von Governance; Werteformation, kultureller Wandel und öffentliche Meinung; Protestbeteiligung und soziale Bewegungen sowie Zivilgesellschaft und Sozialkapital.

Main research areas

  • Modernisation, Social Change, and Human Empowerment
  • Democratization, Democratization Rating and Quality of Governance
  • Value Formation, Cultural Change and Public Opinion
  • Protest Involvement and Social Transactions
  • Civil Society and Social Capital
  1. Published

    The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

    Welzel, C., 10.2012, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43, 7, p. 1039-1054 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C., 23.12.2013, 1 ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 441 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Dalton, R. (Editor) & Welzel, C. (Editor), 01.01.2015, New York: Cambridge University Press. 355 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  4. Published

    Kooperation und Bestrafung

    Schefczyk, M. & Welzel, C., 2013, In: Agora42. 5, 2, p. 83 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Politischer Parallelismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Ergebnisse einer statistisch-vergleichenden Analyse

    Buß, B., 2011, Rückkehr zum Autoritarismus? Vormoderne, Moderne und Postmoderne im postsozialistischen Europa: Beiträge für die 19. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Experten. Apelt, B. & Hahn, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Bremen: Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen, Vol. 115. p. 12-13 2 p. (Arbeitspapiere und Materialien; vol. 115).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest: The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects

    Welzel, C. & Deutsch, F., 04.2012, In: British Journal of Political Science. 42, 2, p. 465-479 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Measuring Effective Democracy: a Defense

    Alexander, A. C., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 01.2012, In: International Political Science Review. 33, 1, p. 41-62 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Measuring Effective Democracy: A Defense

    Alexander, A. C., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 2011, World Values Survey Association, p. 1-40, 40 p. (World Values Research; vol. 4, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values ?

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 2011, World Values Survey Association, p. 40-70, 31 p. (World Values Research; vol. 4, no. 2).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    How General is Trust in "Most People" ? Solving the Radius of Trust Problem

    Delhey, J., Newton, K. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2011, In: American Sociological Review. 76, 5, p. 786-807 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review