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
  1. Published

    Parlamentarische Informations- und Kontrollressourcen in 22 westlichen Demokratien

    Schnapp, K-U. & Harfst, P., 2005, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 36, 2, p. 348-370 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Parteienregierungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa: empirische Befunde im Ländervergleich 1990 bis 2008

    Müller-Rommel, F., Schultze, H., Harfst, P. & Fettelschoß, K., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 39, 4, p. 810-831 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Participation in multi-level policy implementation: exploring the influence of governance culture

    Gollata, J. A. M., Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 06.12.2021, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 64, 14, p. 2593-2617 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes

    Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?

    Rimmert, M., Baudoin, L., Cotta, B., Kochskämper, E. & Newig, J., 01.10.2020, In: Water Alternatives. 13, 3, p. 484-512 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Participatory and collaborative governance for sustainable flood risk management: An emerging research agenda

    Challies, E., Newig, J., Thaler, T., Kochskämper, E. & Levin-Keitel, M., 01.01.2016, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 55, 2, p. 275-280 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Participatory Governance of Science

    Saretzki, T., 30.03.2018, Handbook on Participatory Governance. Heinelt, H. (ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 157-184 28 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy).

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

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    Partizipatives Regieren in der EU: Die EU zwischen Laissez-faire und geregelter Partizipation zivilgesellschaftlicher Akteure

    Friedrich, D., 2011, Was die EU im Innersten zusammenhält: Debatten zur Legitimität und Effektivität supranationalen Regierens. Masala, C., Stetter, S. & Karbowski, M. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 129-156 28 p. (ZIB-Reader; no. 01).

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

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    Party Euroscepticism and the Conditions for Its Success: Conceptualization and Explanation

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 10.2019, In: Quaderni di scienza politica . 26, 2, p. 299-328 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Party Gate-Keeping and Women’s Appointment to Parliamentary Committees: Evidence from the Italian Case

    Pansardi, P. & Vercesi, M., 23.01.2017, In: Parliamentary Affairs. 70, 1, p. 62-83 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Party government in Central Eastern European democracies: A data collection (1990-2003)

    Muller-Rommel, F., Fettelschoss, K. & Harfst, P., 01.10.2004, In: European Journal of Political Research. 43, 6, p. 869-894 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  14. Published

    Party Government in the New Europe

    Keman, H. (ed.) & Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.), 2012, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p. (Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; no. 79)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Party Organizations and Legislative Turnover: Signals of an Unstable Parliamentary Class?

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 07.2018, In: Italian Political Science. 13, 1, p. 82-94 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Party Politics and Democracy in Europe: Essays in honour of Peter Mair

    Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.) & Casal Bertoa, F. (ed.), 11.08.2015, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 264 p. (West European politics series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Party Systems and Government Stability in Central and Eastern Europe

    Grotz, F. & Weber, T., 10.2012, In: World Politics. 64, 4, p. 699-740 42 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Patching Together a Global Script: The Demand for and Supply of 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. 245-259 14 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood).

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

  19. Published

    Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management

    Bilalova, S., Newig, J., Tremblay-Lévesque, L-C., Roux, J., Herron, C. & Crane, S., 01.10.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 343, 10 p., 118179.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Perspektiven auf Politikunterricht heute: Vom sozialwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht bis zur Politiklehrerausbildung; Festschrift für Hans-Werner Kuhn

    Gloe, M. (ed.) & Oeftering, T. (ed.), 2017, 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 337 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesEducation

  21. Published

    Perspektiven auf Politikunterricht heute: Vom sozialwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht bis zur Politiklehrerausbildung

    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. 9-18 10 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 3).

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

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    Piero Ignazi (2012) Forza senza legittimità. Il vicolo cieco dei partiti (Rome-Bari: Laterza)

    Vercesi, M., 01.12.2013, In: Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 18, 5, p. 664-666 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Kruse, S., 01.04.2017, In: British Journal of Political Science. 47, 2, p. 463-472 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Kruse, S., 2016, 1 ed., World Values Survey Association, 67 p. (World Values Research; vol. 8, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    POLICY ANALYSIS - AN INTRODUCTION - GERMAN - WINDHOFFHERITIER,A

    Müller-Rommel, F., 12.1988, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 29, 4, p. 682-683 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  27. Published

    Policy implementation through multi-level governance: analysing practical implementation of EU air quality directives in Germany

    Gollata, J. A. M. & Newig, J., 24.09.2017, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 24, 9, p. 1308-1327 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Political Careers in Multi-Level Systems: Regional Chief Executives in Italy, 1970-2015

    Grimaldi, S. & Vercesi, M., 15.03.2018, In: Regional & Federal Studies. 28, 2, p. 125-149 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers

    Müller-Rommel, F., Kroeber, C. & Vercesi, M., 30.07.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. Andeweg, R. B., Elgie, R., Helms, L., Kaarbo, J. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 229-250 22 p. (Oxford Handbooks)(Oxford handbooks online / Political Science).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Political Culture

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 2014, Comparative Politics. Caramani, D. (ed.). 3 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 284-301 18 p. 17

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Politische Bildung als lebenslanges Lernen - Einführung

    Lange, D. & Oeftering, T., 2014, Politische Bildung als lebenslanges Lernen. Lange, D. & Oeftering, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Schwalbach am Taunus: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 7-11 5 p. 1. (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Politikdidaktik und politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung (GPJE); vol. 13).

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

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    Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie

    Gloe, M. (ed.) & Oeftering, T. (ed.), 2017, 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 439 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesEducation

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    Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie

    Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T., 2017, Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie. Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 9-29 21 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 1).

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

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    Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie - eine Conclusio

    Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T., 2017, Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie. Gloe, M. & Oeftering, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 413-435 23 p. (Votum. Beiträge zur politischen Bildung und Politikwissenschaft; vol. 1).

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

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    Politische Musik im Politikunterricht - ein Beitrag politisch-kultureller Bildung zur Emanzipation von SchülerInnen?

    Oeftering, T., 2017, Emanzipation: Zum Konzept der Mündigkeit in der Politischen Bildung. Greco, S. A. & Lange, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 190-198 9 p. (Politik und Bildung; vol. 83).

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

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    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

  47. Published

    Politische Strategie: eine Grundlegung

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 2007, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 585 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Politische Strategie: Eine Grundlegung

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 09.10.2013, 2 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 585 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Politische Strategie

    Tils, R., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 479-480 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  50. Published

    Potent executives: the electoral strength of prime ministers in Central Eastern Europe

    Berz, J. G., 02.10.2019, In: East European Politics. 35, 4, p. 517-537 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review