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
- Critical reviews › Research
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Lobbying in Europe: Public Affairs and the Lobbying Industry in 28 EU Countries, edited by A.Bitonti and P.Harris (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, ISBN 9781137552556)
Leipold, A., 02.01.2018, In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 56, 1, p. 204-205 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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MacLean, Nancy (2017): Democracy in Chains. The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America. Victoria/London: Scribe
Leipold, A., 03.2019, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 60, 1, p. 171-174 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Matthias Lemke, Demokratie im Ausnahmezustand. Wie Regierungen ihre Macht ausweiten, Frankfurt/New York: Campus 2017
Schottdorf, T., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Politik. 64, 3, p. 396-399 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Montesano Montessori, Nicolina, Michael Farrelly, und Jane Mulderrig (eds.) (2019): Critical Policy Discourse Analysis. Advances in Critical Policy Studies: Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing
Muench, S., 12.2020, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61, 4, p. 785-788 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Parteien in parlamentarischen Demokratien: das Lebenswerk von Peter Mair: Van Biezen, Ingrid (Hrsg.): On Parties, Party Systems and Democracy. Selected Writings of Peter Mair, ECPR Press, Colchester 2014, 634 Seiten, € 56,90
Müller-Rommel, F., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 46, 4, p. 894-895 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Peter Neumann/Denise Renger (Hrsg) Sachunmittelbare Demokratie im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext 2008/09 (Nomos). Christina Eder Direkte Demokratie auf subnationaler Ebene. (Nomos)
Grotz, F., 2011, In: Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie. 23, p. 259-260 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Public Finance and Post-Communist Party Development
Pettai, V., 2010, In: Journal of Baltic Studies. 41, 2, p. 271-274 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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RECOVERING THE HISTORY OF A DEFEATED SOCIAL MOVEMENT: The Yearning for Relief: A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger. By Klaas van Walraven . Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2013. Pp. xxvii + 968. $136; €98, paperback (isbn 9789004245747)
Elischer, S., 11.2013, In: Journal of African History. 54, 3, p. 459-461 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Rezension zu Lehnert, Detlef (Hrsg.): Demokratiekultur in Europa. Politische Repräsentation im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Böhlau 2011
Kubbe, I., 2012, In: Neue politische Literatur. 57, 1, p. 132-133Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Social Policy in the European Union by Karen M Anderson. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Vercesi, M., 08.2017, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 15, 3, p. 490-491 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairnes in the United States and Europe by Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016
Leipold, A., 02.2018, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 16, 1, p. NP59-NP59 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The politics of electoral systems
Harfst, P., 01.12.2007, In: Acta Politica. 42, 4, p. 466-468 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The Price of Democracy. How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do about It.
Leipold, A., 09.2020, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61, 3, p. 655-658 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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THE SOVIET-UNION UNDERGOING RADICAL CHANGE - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES AND LIMITS OF THE REFORM POLICY OF GORBACHEV - GERMAN - MEISSNER,B
Geierhos, W., 06.1989, In: Osteuropa. 39, 6, p. 593-594 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The Struggle for EU Legitimacy: Public Contestation, 1950-2005, by Claudia Schrag Sternberg
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 08.2015, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 13, 3, p. 453-454 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Transition als politische Gelegenheit und Demobilisierung von Bewegungen (Klandermans, Bert/van Stralen, Cornelis (Hg.) 2015: Movements in Times of Democratic Transition)
Wienkoop, N-K., 01.06.2015, In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 28, 2, p. 118-120 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Zivilgesellschaftliche Partizipation in der EU-(Forschung): Eine ernüchternde Bilanz
Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 2012, In: Integration. 35, 1, p. 53-59 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research