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

    Political Culture and Value Change

    Dalton, R. & Welzel, C., 2014, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). 1. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Political Institutions and Political Elites in Changing Liberal-Democracies

    Vercesi, M., 2020, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 282 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

  3. Published

    Political negotiations: characteristics and related performance disincentives

    Ade, V., 20.08.2019, In: International Journal of Conflict Management. 30, 3, p. 349-368 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Political Representation in the EU: A second transformation?

    Friedrich, D. & Kroeger, S., 2012, The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union. Friedrich, D. & Kroeger, S. (eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 3-20 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Politicized Transnationalism: The Visegrád Countries in the Refugee Crisis

    Koß, M. & Séville, A., 13.02.2020, In: Politics and Governance. 8, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Politik als Experiment?

    Saretzki, T., 2017, Experimentelle Gesellschaft : Das Experiment als wissensgesellschaftliches Dispositiv. Böschen, S., Groß, M. & Krohn, W. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 61-83 23 p. (Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt; vol. 19).

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

  7. Published

    Politik braucht Strategie - Taktik hat sie genug: ein Kursbuch

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 2011, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag. 263 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  8. Published

    Politikdidaktische Hermeneutik als Instrument der qualitativen Unterrichtsforschung

    Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T., 2017, Perspektiven auf Politikunterricht heute : Vom sozialwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht bis zur Politiklehrerausbildung; Festschrift für Hans-Werner Kuhn. Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 223-226 4 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 3).

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

  9. Published

    Politikwissenschaft: "Ein Fach mit Ausstrahlung"

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 27, 1, p. 75-77 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Politische Bildung als lebenslanges Lernen

    Lange, D. (ed.) & Oeftering, T. (ed.), 2014, 1 ed. Schwalbach am Taunus: Wochenschau-Verlag. 220 p. (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Politikdidaktik und politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung (GPJE); vol. 13)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesEducation