Center for the Study of Democracy
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at Leuphana University Lüneburg conducts research on democratic structures and procedures in politics and society, economics and the environment. The central focus of research is on questions of legitimacy and performance of democracy in the 21st century. The Center's research activities focus on three main areas: Value Change and Human Empowerment, Party Government and Institutional Change and Participation and Public Policy. In addition, the CSD engages in active promotion of younger researchers as well as in international and regional networking of democracy research institutions.
Topics
- Value Change and Human Empowerment
- Party Government and Institutional Change
- Participation and Public Policy
Service offers
- PHD-Summerschool
- Politikberatung
- 2015
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Städtische Problemdiskurse: Lokalpolitische Sinnhorizonte im Vergleich
Barbehön, M., Münch, S., Haus, M. & Heinelt, H., 2015, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 207 p. (Modernes Regieren: Schriften zu einer neuen Regierungslehre; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Taking animals seriously: Interpreting and institutionalizing human-animal relations in modern democracies
Saretzki, T., 2015, In: Historical Social Research. 40, 4, p. 47 - 54 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Towards a Global Script? Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations
Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 2015, Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Patching Together a Global Script. Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 3-21 19 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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West Africa
Elischer, S., 2015, Africa Yearbook, Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Hofmeier, R., Melber, H., Elischer, S., Elischer, S. & Mehler, A. (eds.). Brill, p. 33-55 23 p. (Africa Yearbook; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Widerstand als Aufgabe und Ziel politischer Bildung? Die Tagung “Kompetenz zum Widerstand — eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe” an der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T., 2015, In: Politisches Lernen. 33, 3-4, p. 19-21 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU’s Governance Transfer
van Hüllen, V. & Börzel, T. A., 01.2015, Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Patching Together a Global Script. Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 227-242 16 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Enlightening People: The Spark of Emancipative Values
Welzel, C. & Moreno, A., 01.01.2015, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 59-88 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Dalton, R. (ed.) & Welzel, C. (ed.), 01.01.2015, New York: Cambridge University Press. 355 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Eroding Patriarchy: The Co-evolution of Women's Rights and Emancipative Values
Alexander, A. & Welzel, C., 02.01.2015, In: International Review of Sociology. 25, 1, p. 144-165 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania
Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review