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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Introduction
Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 26.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Gli endorsement
Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2018, Il Partito Democratico dei nativi. De Luca, R. & Fasano, L. (eds.). Novi Ligure: Edizioni Epoké, p. 43-51 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Prosociality in Business: A Human Empowerment Framework
Brieger, S. A., Terjesen, S. A., Hechavarría, D. M. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2019, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 159, 2, p. 361-380 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Approaches and Lessons in Political Career Research: Babel or Pieces of a Patchwork?
Vercesi, M., 30.11.2018, In: Revista Española de Ciencia Política (Spanish Journal of Political Science). 48, p. 183-206 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › 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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Law, democracy, and the state of emergency. A theory-centred analysis of the democratic legal state in times of exception
Schottdorf, T., 12.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 28, 4, p. 423-437 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Varianten des Nudgings? Verhaltenswissenschaften und ihr Einfluss auf politische Instrumente
Loer, K. & Leipold, A., 17.10.2018, In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung. 87, 1, p. 41-63 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Christopher H. Achen / Larry M. Bartels: Democracy for Realists. Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2017
Leipold, A., 01.09.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Politik. 65, 3, p. 355-358 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Isolation im Gesetz verankern? Zu den Plänen der großen Koalition, zentrale Aufnahme-, Entscheidungs- und Rückführungseinrichtungen einzuführen
Schader, M., Rohmann, T. & Münch, S., 13.08.2018, In: German Journal of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies. 2, 1, p. 91-107 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Technik und Demokratie
Saretzki, T., 29.06.2018, In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 31, Heft 1-2, p. 313-322 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Ambivalenz der Religionskritik nach Horkheimer
Schottdorf, T., 2018, "Der Schein des Lichts, der ins Gefängnis selber fällt" : Religion, Metaphysik, Kritische Theorie. Braunstein, D., Jurewicz, G. & Martins, A. (eds.). Berlin: Neofelis Verlag, p. 279-298 20 p. (Promesse; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Party Organizations and Legislative Turnover: Signals of an Unstable Parliamentary Class?
Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 07.2018, In: Italian Political Science. 13, 1, p. 82-94 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mit dem Verbraucher Politik machen? Der Verbraucher als Steuerungsadressat und Bestandteil politischer Strategien in komplexen Politikfeldern
Loer, K. & Leipold, A., 19.06.2018, Jenseits des Otto Normalverbrauchers: Verbraucherpolitik in Zeiten des "unmanageable consumer". Bala, C. & Schuldzinski, W. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Verbraucherzentrale NRW, p. 53-75 23 p. (Beiträge zur Verbraucherforschung; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kollektive Vernunft als Basis der Demokratie? Über Bedingungen gelungener Selbstregierung im Anschluss an Franz L. Neumann
Schottdorf, T., 2018, In: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Kollektivwissenschaft. 4, 1, p. 283 - 314 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gestaltbarkeit aller Lebensbereiche: Der Bildungswert der Lebensweltorientierung für die sozioökonomische Bildung
Oeftering, T., Oppermann, J. & Fischer, A., 2018, Sozioökonomische Bildung und Wissenschaft: Entwicklungslinien und Perspektiven. 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 163-184 22 p. (Sozioökonomische Bildung und Wissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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"Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung – wie geht es weiter?" Dokumentation einer Zukunftswerkstatt
Oeftering, T. & Oppermann, J., 2018, Wo steht die außerschulische politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung?. Hufer, K-P., Oeftering, T. & Oppermann, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 180-187 8 p. (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Politikdidaktik und politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Wo steht die außerschulische politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung?
Oeftering, T., Oppermann, J. & Hufer, K-P., 2018, 1 ed. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau-Verlag. 192 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Education
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Constitutional Coup. Privatization's Threat to the American Republic by Jon D. Michaels. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2017
Leipold, A., 01.12.2018, In: Neue politische Literatur. 68, 3, p. 543-544 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Participatory Governance of Science
Saretzki, T., 30.03.2018, Handbook on Participatory Governance. Heinelt, H. (ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 157-184 28 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Una opinión pública termostática: El efecto de las crisis económicas y la acción gubernamental en las preferencias de políticas públicas en Cataluña
Romero, X., 2018, Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 9 p. (Quaderns de l'ICPS; vol. 15).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Europa für Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Empirische Befunde im Lichte politischer Mündigkeit
Wach, L., 2018, Wo steht die außerschulische politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung?. Hufer, K-P., Oeftering, T. & Oppermann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 161-178Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU
Heinelt, H. (ed.) & Münch, S. (ed.), 26.01.2018, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 398 p. (Handbooks of research on public policy)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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EU Migration and Asylum Policies
Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 306-330 25 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Introduction
Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-16 16 p. ( Handbooks of research on public policy).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Contagion Effects by the AfD? Candidate Selection in Germany
Reiser, M., 01.01.2018, The Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis. Coller, X., Codero, G. & Jaime-Castillo, A. M. (eds.). New York, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 81-97 17 p. (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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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Konfliktfeldanalyse – das Beispiel „Fracking“ in Deutschland
Bornemann, B. & Saretzki, T., 10.2017, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 563-581 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Abgehoben und entkoppelt? Abgeordnete zwischen öffentlicher Kritik und Professionalisierungslogik
Reiser, M., 2018, Soziologie der Parlamente : Neue Wege der politischen Institutionenforschung. Brichzin, J., Krichewsky, D., Ringel, L. & Schank, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 111-134 24 p. (Politische Soziologie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Islamophobic Right-Wing Populism? Empirical Insights about Citizens' Susceptibility to Islamophobia and Its Impact on Right-Wing Populists' Electoral Success: Eastern Europe in a Comparative Perspective
Öztürk, C. & Pickel, G., 01.12.2019, In: Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe. 12, 1, p. 39-62 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The fight against human trafficking: Drivers and spoilers
Ravlik, M. V., 06.12.2019, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 224 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A cultural theory of regimes
Welzel, C., 01.03.2020, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 4, 3, p. 231-232 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democratic Stress and Political Institutions: Drives of Reforms of Bicameralism in Times of Crisis
Vercesi, M., 2022, In: Representation. Journal of Representative Democracy. 58, 1, p. 85-102 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Il "decision making" dell'esecutivo
Vercesi, M., 07.2019, Il governo in Italia: Profili costituzionali e dinamiche politiche. Musella, F. (ed.). Bologna: Il Mulino, p. 219-241 22 p. (Itinerari).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Eigentum und Demokratie: Zwei Studien zur Politik- und Ideengeschichte neoliberaler Theorie
Leipold, A., 2020, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61, 1, p. 175-178 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Huhnholz, Sebastian (Hrsg.) (2018): Fiskus – Verfassung – Freiheit. Politisches Denken der öffentlichen Finanzen von Hobbes bis heute
Leipold, A., 06.2019, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 60, 2, p. 389-392 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics: The Case of the 5 Star Movement
Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 01.06.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 225-247 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis
Newig, J., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Challies, E., 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 21, 3, p. 213-227 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Green Parties in National Governments
Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.) & Poguntke, T. (ed.), 05.11.2013, London: Frank Cass Publishers. 168 p. (Environmental politics; vol. 11, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Negotiating democracy with authoritarian regimes. EU democracy promotion in North Africa
van Hüllen, V., 04.07.2019, In: Democratization. 26, 5, p. 869-888 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Using Large N Longitudinal Comparison to Explain Political Recruitment in Changing Democracies
Vercesi, M. & Grimaldi, S., 03.2019, SAGE Research Methods Cases (Politics & International Relations) ed., SAGE Publications Inc., 11 p.Research output: Working paper › Research communication reports › Research
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review