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. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways

    Newig, J., Derwort, P. & Jager, N. W., 03.2019, In: Ecology and Society. 24, 1, 14 p., 18.

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    Systematic learning in water governance: insights from five local adaptive management projects for water quality innovation

    Kochskämper, E., Koontz, T. M. & Newig, J., 03.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 1, 13 p., 22.

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  4. Published

    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.

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  5. E-pub ahead of print

    The comparative study of governments and ministers: Jean Blondel’s legacy

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Vercesi, M., 31.01.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Political Science. 11 p.

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

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  9. 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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. 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.

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