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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Vernetzung und Transfer
Ebermann, V., 08.2014, KLIFF - Klimafolgenforschung in Niedersachsen : Abschlussbericht 2009 - 2013. Beese, F. & Aspelmeier, S. (eds.). Hannover: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 118-123 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Transfer
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External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 04.2014, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 32 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 59).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Entstehung und Status der Technikfolgenabschätzung
Saretzki, T., 03.02.2014, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 64, 6-7, p. 11-16 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Decentering the argumentative turn
Saretzki, T., 12.2013, In: Critical Policy Studies. 7, 4, p. 440-448 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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One voice, one message, but conflicting goals: Cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy
Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 08.2014, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 21, 7, p. 1033–1049 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cross-level Information and Influence in Mandated Participatory Planning: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Water Management in Germany’s Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
Koontz, T. M. & Newig, J., 05.2014, In: Land Use Policy. 38, p. 594–604 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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West Africa
Elischer, S., 2015, Africa Yearbook, Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Hofmeier, R., Melber, H., Elischer, S., Elischer, S. & Mehler, A. (eds.). Brill, p. 33-55 23 p. (Africa Yearbook; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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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Agricultural Sector as crucial for the Sahel zone
Wienkoop, N-K., 2015, In: Etudes internationales. 128/129, p. 141-153 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Transfer › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Owner Parties and Party Institutionalisation in Italy: Is the Northern League Exceptional?
Vercesi, M., 11.2015, In: Modern Italy. 20, 4, p. 395-410 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Communication
Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M. & Schulz, D., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 139-148 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Auf der Suche nach dem "Geist der Mehrheitsentscheidung" zwischen Dezision, Deliberation und Demokratie
Saretzki, T., 2014, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 25, 3, p. 478-480 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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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Albania
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 13.10.2016, Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Reform of Political Systems. Fruhstorfer, A. & Hein, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 333-358 26 p. (Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Unterstützung und Betreuung von türkischsprachigen Familien mit behinderten Angehörigen
Münch, S., 2010, Frankfurt a. M.: Institut für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik e.V.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Schwache Regierungschefs? Politische Erfahrung und Amtsdauer von Premierministern in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 46, 2, p. 310-327 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integration durch Wohnungspolitik? Zum Umgang mit ethnischer Segregation im europäischen Vergleich
Münch, S., 2010, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 484 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Städtische Problemdiskurse: Lokalpolitische Sinnhorizonte im Vergleich
Barbehön, M., Münch, S., Haus, M. & Heinelt, H., 2015, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 207 p. (Modernes Regieren: Schriften zu einer neuen Regierungslehre; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Interpretative Policy-Analyse: Eine Einführung
Münch, S., 2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 169 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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What role for frames in scalar conflicts?
Jürges, N. & Newig, J., 01.12.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 49, p. 426-434 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Globalization’s limits to the environmental state? Integrating telecoupling into global environmental governance
Lenschow, A., Newig, J. & Challies, E., 02.01.2016, In: Environmental Politics. 25, 1, p. 136-159 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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. 17Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Enlightening People: The Spark of Emancipative Values
Welzel, C. & Moreno, A., 01.01.2015, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 59-88 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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What is sustainable agriculture? A systematic review
Velten, S., Leventon, J., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 18.06.2015, In: Sustainability. 7, 6, p. 7833-7865 33 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation
Welzel, C. & Delhey, J., 09.08.2015, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46, 7, p. 875-896 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Aging studies of biodiesel and HVO and their testing as neat fuel and blends for exhaust emissions in heavy-duty engines and passenger cars
Singer, A., Schroeder, O., Pabst, C., Munack, A., Buenger, J., Ruck, W. & Krahl, J., 01.08.2015, In: Fuel. 153, p. 595-603 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Corruption in Europe: Is it all about democracy?
Kubbe, I., 06.11.2015, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 218 p. (Comparative Politics - Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Experimente in der Politikwissenschaft: Eine methodische Einführung
Kubbe, I., 2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 175 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany
Kubbe, I., 31.03.2015, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 46 p. (CSD Working Papers).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions
Kubbe, I. & McBride, M. T., 20.02.2015, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 31 p. (CSD Working Papers).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Der Agrarsektor als Baustein vorsorgender Sicherheitsstrategien in der Sahelregion: Zur Rolle der Handels-, Investitions- und Entwicklungsansätze der EU
Rudloff, B., Müller, S., Wienkoop, N-K. & Stuckatz, J., 2015, Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 45 p. (Arbeitspapier FG EU/Europa; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Cross-over – Vergleich zwischen den Genres
Gloe, M., Kuhn, H-W. & Oeftering, T., 2014, Musik und Politik: Politisch-kulturelles Lernen als Zugang Jugendlicher zur Politik?!. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 229-238 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Grüne Parteien.
Müller-Rommel, F., 16.10.2015, Kleines Lexikon der Politik.. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 6. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 257-260 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Introduction: Political Parties in Changing Democracies
Müller-Rommel, F., 2016, Party Politics and Democracy in Europe: Essays in honour of Peter Mair. Müller-Rommel, F. & Casal Bertoa, F. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-16 16 p. (West European politics series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-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 anthologies › Book
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Public participation and local environmental planning: Testing factors influencing decision quality and implementation in four case studies from Germany
Drazkiewicz, A., Challies, E. & Newig, J., 01.07.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 46, p. 211-222 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania
Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung und EU Hochwasserrisikomanagement-Richtlinie
Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Kochskämper, E., 2014, In: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. 58, 6, p. 339-340 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Judith Hoffmann: Die Integration Südosteuropas - Die Demokratisierungspolitik europäischer Organisationen in Albanien
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 2009, In: Südosteuropa Mitteilungen. 49, 3-4, p. 172-173 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Corruptive Patterns of Patronage in South East Europe by Plamen K. Georgiev
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 2010, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 8, 2, p. 269-70 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Bahr, Daniel
Oeftering, T., 2015, Kanzler und Minister 2005 - 2013: Biografisches Lexikon der deutschen Bundesregierungen. Kempf, U., Merz, H-G. & Gloe, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 69-72 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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The Government and its Hard Decisions: How Conflict is Managed within the Coalition
Vercesi, M. & Marangoni, F., 17.12.2014, The Challenge of Coalition Government: The Italian Case. Conti, N. & Marangoni, F. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-35 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring: International Cooperation and Authoritarianism
van Hüllen, V., 2015, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 242 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Redistributive Tax Co-operation: Automatic Exchange of Information, US Power and the Absence of Joint Gains
Hakelberg, L., 2016, Global Tax Governance: What is wrong with it and how to fix it. Dietsch, P. & Rixen, T. (eds.). Colchester: ECPR Press, p. 123-155 33 p. (ECPR - Studies in european political science).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kritik und Widerstand aus politiktheoretischer und politikdidaktischer Perspektive.
Oeftering, T., 2016, Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine Aufgabe für die politische Bildung. Reheis, F., Denzler, S., Görtler, M. & Waas, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Schwalbach: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 122-129 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Atkinson, Anthony B. Inequality. What Can Be Done? Cambridge/Massachusetts. Harvard University Press 2015
Leipold, A., 20.12.2017, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 58, 4, p. 639 - 641 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Bohle, Dorothee, und Béla Greskovits. Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery. Ithaca/London. Cornell University Press 2012
Leipold, A., 2015, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 56, 4, p. 727-729 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Kruck, Andreas. Private Ratings, Public Regulations. Credit Rating Agencies and Global Financial Governance. Basingstoke. Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011
Leipold, A., 2014, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 55, 4, p. 768-770 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research