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

    The Democratization of the European Union: an empirical assessment

    Friedrich, D., 16.05.2014, The Democratization of International Organizations. : First International Democracy Report 2014. Finizio, G., Levi, L. & Vallinoto, N. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 168-176 9 p. 12

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    The Diffusion of Values among Democracies and Autocracies

    Deutsch, F. & Welzel, C., 01.11.2016, In: Global Policy. 7, 4, p. 563-570 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The effect of voters’ economic perception, Brexit and campaigns on the evaluation of party leaders over time

    Berz, J., 01.05.2020, In: British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 22, 2, p. 202-219 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The environmental performance of participatory and collaborative governance: A framework of causal mechanisms

    Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Adzersen, A., 05.2018, In: Policy Studies Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-297 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The EU at a crossroads. Negotiations about the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027: Introduction to the book

    Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 08.12.2022, EU Policymaking at a Crossroads. Münch, S. & Heinelt, H. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 2-29 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    The European Union and Democracy Promotion in the Mediterranean: Strategic Choices after the Arab Spring

    van Hüllen, V., 2012, Policy Change in the EU's Immediate Neighourhood: A Sectoral Approach . Börzel, T. A. & Böttger, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 119-144 25 p. (Europäische Schriften; vol. 93).

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

  7. Published

    The EU’s Governance Transfer: From External Promotion to Internal Protection?

    van Hüllen, V. & Börzel, T. A., 2013, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 31 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 56).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    The famine in Kazakhstan: historiographical reappraisals

    Mark, R. A., 12.2004, In: Osteuropa. 54, 12, p. 112-130 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  9. Published

    The fight against human trafficking: Drivers and spoilers

    Ravlik, M. V., 06.12.2019, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 224 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    The Government and its Hard Decisions: How Conflict is Managed within the Coalition

    Vercesi, M. & Marangoni, F., 17.12.2014, The Challenge of Coalition Government: The Italian Case. Conti, N. & Marangoni, F. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-35 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Importance of Expertise: Political Careers, Personnel Turnover, and Throughput Legitimacy in the European Parliament

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2021, Personnel Turnover and the Legitimacy of the EU. Scherpereel, J. A. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 137-165 29 p. (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Accepted/In press

    The importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of power in stakeholder participation for effective biodiversity conservation

    Lécuyer, L., Balian, E. V., Butler, J. R. A., Barnaud, C., Calla, S., Locatelli, B., Newig, J., Pettit, J., Pound, D., Quétier, F. F., Salvatori, V., Von Korff, Y. & Young, J. C., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: People and Nature. 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  13. Published

    The Italian Parliament in the European Union, edited by Nicola Lupo and Giovanni Piccirilli, Portland, Hart Publishing, 2017.

    Vercesi, M., 2021, In: Contemporary Italian Politics . 13, 1, p. 121-122 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  14. Published

    The legacy of war: The effect of militias on postwar repression

    Carey, S. C. & González, B., 05.2021, In: Conflict Management and Peace Science. 38, 3, p. 247-269 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The Life Cycle of Party Government across the New Europe

    Keman, H. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2012, Party Government in the New Europe. Keman, H. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 3-24 22 p. (Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; no. 79).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. Published

    The Nature of Political Participation

    Albrecht, H., 2008, Political Participation in the Middle East. Lust-Okar, E. & Zerhouni, S. (eds.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 15-32 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  18. Published

    THE OCTOBER-REVOLUTION AS CYCLICAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION: METHODICAL APPROACHES TO INTERPRETING THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET-UNION

    Geierhos, W., 02.1988, In: Osteuropa. 38, 2, p. 87-108 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The politics of electoral systems

    Harfst, P., 01.12.2007, In: Acta Politica. 42, 4, p. 466-468 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  20. Published

    The Power Politics of International Tax Cooperation: Why Luxembourg and Austria accepted automatic exchange of information on foreign account holders' interest income

    Hakelberg, L., 2014, San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute, 16 p. (EUI Working Papers; vol. 2014, no. 26).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers