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
  1. Published

    Globalisierung

    Oeftering, T., 2015, Handbuch politische Erwachsenenbildung. Hufer, K-P. & Lange, D. (eds.). Schwalbach/Taunus: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 153-162 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  2. Published

    Globalization’s limits to the environmental state? Integrating telecoupling into global environmental governance

    Lenschow, A., Newig, J. & Challies, E., 02.01.2016, In: Environmental Politics. 25, 1, p. 136-159 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Governance approaches to address scale issues in biodiversity management – current situation and ways forward

    Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schaal, T. & Velten, S., 2016, Lund: Lund University, 4 p. (MULTAGRI Policy Brief; no. 3/2016).

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  5. Published

    Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Following a Global Script?

    Börzel, T. A., van Hüllen, V. & Lohaus, M., 2013, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 43 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 42).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Patching Together a Global Script

    Börzel, T. A. (ed.) & van Hüllen, V. (ed.), 2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 298 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Governing Climate Change by Diffusion: Transnational Municipal Networks as Catalysts of Policy Spread

    Hakelberg, L., 2011, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, 92 p. (FFU-Report; vol. 2011, no. 08).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Green Parties

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. Vol. 4. p. 1051-1054 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  9. Published

    Green Parties in National Governments

    Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.) & Poguntke, T. (ed.), 05.11.2013, London: Frank Cass Publishers. 168 p. (Environmental politics; vol. 11, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    Grist to the mill of subversion: strikes and coups in counterinsurgencies

    Gläßel, C., González, B. & Scharpf, A., 01.12.2020, In: European Journal of International Relations. 26, 4, p. 1032-1060 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review