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
  1. Published

    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

  2. Published

    Do Populists Govern Differently? The Management of the Italian M5S-League Coalition in Comparative Perspective

    Vercesi, M., 20.12.2019, In: Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science. 21, p. 9-24 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Presidente del Consiglio, partiti politici e maggioranza parlamentare (1996-2016)

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 12.2019, Il presidente del Consiglio dei ministri dallo Stato liberale all’Unione Europea. Tedoldi, L. (ed.). Milano: Biblion edizioni, p. 385-410 26 p. (Storia, politica, società; vol. 54).

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

  4. Published

    Leveraging the macro-level environment to balance work and life: an analysis of female entrepreneurs’ job satisfaction

    De Clercq, D., Brieger, S. A. & Welzel, C., 01.04.2021, In: Small Business Economics. 56, 4, p. 1361-1384 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A cultural theory of regimes

    Welzel, C., 01.03.2020, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 4, 3, p. 231-232 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  6. 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

  7. Published

    14 Jahre Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel: Unterstützung durch Annäherung

    Berz, J. G., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 50, 3, p. 545-556 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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

  9. Published

    La Germania sospesa, by Silvia Bolgherini and Gabriele D'Ottavio, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019

    Vercesi, M., 12.12.2019, In: Contemporary Italian Politics . 11, 4, p. 465-467 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    Two temperatures for one thermostat: The evolution of policy attitudes and support for independence in Catalonia (1991–2018)

    Romero, X., 10.2020, In: Nations and Nationalism. 26, 4, p. 960-978 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review