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
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Regierungen: Binnenstruktur der Kernexekutive
Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich. Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). 1 ed. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 217-234 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Green Parties
Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. Vol. 4. p. 1051-1054 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Cabinets
Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. Vol. 1. p. 183-186 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › 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
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Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest: The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects
Welzel, C. & Deutsch, F., 04.2012, In: British Journal of Political Science. 42, 2, p. 465-479 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Book Review: European Welfare States and Supranational Governance of Social Policy, by A. Johnson (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 1403939950)
Friedrich, D., 01.06.2006, In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 44, 2, p. 450-451 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Democratic representation in the EU: Two kinds of subjectivity
Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 20, 2, p. 171-189 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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. 12Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Free movement and the emergence of European social citizenship
Blome, K., Friedrich, D. & Nanz, P., 2012, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 41, 4, p. 383-398 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transformation as Differentiation: The Diversity of Representation in the European Union
Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S., 2012, The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union. Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-273 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Argumentieren und Verhandeln: Begriffe, Theorien und ein analytischer Bezugsrahmen
Saretzki, T., 01.2012, Politisch Handeln: Modelle, Möglichkeiten, Kompetenzen. Weißeno, G. & Buchstein, H. (eds.). Leverkusen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 119-132 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Hornig, Eike-Christian. 2011. Die Parteiendominanz direkter Demokratie in Westeuropa. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 344 S.
Grotz, F., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 5, 2, p. 360-363 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Tagungsberichte
Böttcher, F., 01.12.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 7, 4, p. 359-368 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › 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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Water, Rivers and Wetlands
Newig, J. & Challies, E., 2014, Routledge Handbook of global Environmental Politics. Harris, P. (ed.). London & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 439-452 14 p. 34. (Routledge Handbooks).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Patching Together a Global Script
Börzel, T. A. (ed.) & van Hüllen, V. (ed.), 2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 298 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Basic Personal Values Underlie and Give Coherence to Political Values: A Cross National Study in 15 Countries
Schwartz, S. H., Caprara, G. V., Vecchione, M., Bain, P. G., Bianchi, G., Caprara, M. G., Cieciuch, J., Kirmanoglu, H., Baslevent, C., Lönnqvist, J. E., Mamali, C., Manzi, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Posnova, T., Schoen, H., Silvester, J., Tabernero, C., Torres, C., Verkasalo, M., Vondráková, E., Welzel, C. & Zaleski, Z., 12.2014, In: Political Behavior. 36, 4, p. 899-930 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corruption and Trust: A model design
Kubbe, I., 01.12.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 7, 1 Supplement Issue, p. 117-135 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Welzel, C. & Dalton, R., 2014, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Christian, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 282-306 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Following a Global Script?
Börzel, T. A., van Hüllen, V. & Lohaus, M., 2013, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 43 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 42).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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 paper › Working papers
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The 'Arab Spring' and the spiral model: Tunisia and Morocco
van Hüllen, V., 2013, The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance. Risse, T., Ropp, S. & Sikkink, K. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 182-199 (Cambridge studies in international relations).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus: Why Legitimacy Matters
Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 10.2014, In: Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions . 27, 4, p. 613-634 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die "normative Macht" der EU nach innen: Identität und Legitimität durch Europäische Außenpolitik
van Hüllen, V., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien. 11, 3, p. 565-578 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Transnationalising Euro-Mediterranean Relations: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network as an Intermediary Actor
van Hüllen, V., 2009, Mediterranean Policies from Above and from Below. Schäfer, I. & Henry, J-R. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Vol. 1. p. 390-411 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Comparing EU and US Democracy Promotion in the Meditirranean and the Newly Independent States
van Hüllen, V. & Stahn, A., 2009, Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies. Magen, A., Risse, T. & McFaul, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1. p. 118-149 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kommunikation, Partizipation und digitale Medien: Partizipation
Newig, J., 03.2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 381-397 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Die niedersächsische Landtagswahl vom 20. Januar 2013: Hauchdünne Mehrheit für neues rot-frünes Regierungsbündnis
Meyer, H. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2013, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 44, 2, p. 247-263 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems
Newig, J., Schulz, D., Fischer, D., Hetze, K., Laws, N., Lüdecke, G. & Rieckmann, M., 09.07.2013, In: Sustainability. 5, 7, p. 2976-2990 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Legitimität von Wahlen in der Transformation
Elischer, S. M., 22.04.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 22, 3, p. 419-428 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Technikpolitik, Technikfolgenabschätzung und Partizipation: Fritz Gloede (1994) revisited: Einsichten, Kritik und Perspektiven
Saretzki, T., 01.04.2013, In: Technikfolgenabschätzung. 22, 1, p. 75-87 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Frank Fischer/Herbert Gottweis (Hg.) The Argumentative Turn Revisited. Public Policy as Communicative Practise. Durham, NC/London 2012, Duke University Press
Saretzki, T., 03.2013, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 42, 1, p. 111-112 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Produktive Funktionen von Kollaps und Zerstörung für gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit
Newig, J. & Balsam, R., 29.04.2013, Soziale Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven sozialen Wandels. Rückert-John, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 133-149 17 p. (Innovation und Gesellschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C., 23.12.2013, 1 ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 441 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Dalton, R. (ed.) & Welzel, C. (ed.), 01.01.2015, New York: Cambridge University Press. 355 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science
Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Lüderitz, C., Lang, D., Newig, J., Reinert, F., Abson, D. & von Wehrden, H., 08.2013, In: Ecological Economics. 92, August, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Multi-level Governance, Policy Implementation and Participation: The EU’s Mandated Participatory Planning Approach to Implementing Environmental Policy
Newig, J. & Koontz, T. M., 07.02.2014, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 21, 2, p. 248-267 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Führt Bürgerbeteiligung in umweltpolitischen Entscheidungsprozessen zu mehr Effektivität und Legitimität?
Newig, J., Jager, N. W. & Challies, E., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 22, 4, p. 527-564 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparative analysis of public environmental decision-making processes: A variable-based analytical scheme
Newig, J., Adzersen, A., Challies, E., Fritsch, O. & Jager, N. W., 20.02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 65 p. (INFU Discussion Paper; no. 37).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik unter bürgerlichen und sozialdemokratischen Regierungen in Mittelosteuropa.
Müller-Rommel, F., 2013, Staatstätigkeiten, Parteien und Demokratie: Festschrift für Manfred G. Schmidt. Armingeon, K. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 265-285 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem
Koschatzky, K., Hufnagl, M., Kroll, H., Daimer, S. & Schulze, N., 2011, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer Verlag, 31 p. (Arbeitspapiere Unternehmen und Region Nr. R3/2011; no. R3/2011).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Challenge-oriented policy making and innovation systems theory: reconsidering systemic instruments
Daimer, S., Hufnagl, M. & Warnke, P., 2012, Innovation System Revisited: Experiences from 40 years of Fraunhofer ISI research. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, p. 217-234 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Regional engagement of German Higher Education Institutions: coincidence or governance
Schulze, N. & Hufnagl, M., 11.2012, In: Regional Insights. 3, 2, p. 18-20 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Strategisches Zentrum und Regierungszentrale im Kontext von Party-Government. Strategische Regierungssteuerung am Beispiel der Agenda 2010
Tils, R., 2011, Regierungskanzleien im politischen Prozess. Bröchler, S. & von Blumenthal, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 103-131 29 p. (Schriften der Sektion Regierungssystem und Regieren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Erfolgspotentiale der Realisierung ethischer Ansprüche in der Umweltpolitik
Tils, R., 2012, Ethische Politikberatung. Weilert, K. A. & Hildmann, P. W. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 243-253 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Ohne Ambition ist alle Strategie nichts
Tils, R., 2013, Zwischen Macht und Ohnmacht: Facetten erfolgreicher Politik. Eckert, G., Novy, L. & Schwickert, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 173-179 7 p. (Politik als Beruf).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review