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
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Misconceptions of Measurement Equivalence: Time for a Paradigm Shift
Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R. F., 01.07.2016, In: Comparative Political Studies. 49, 8, p. 1068-1094 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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MSPs for the SDGs: Assessing the collaborative governance architecture of multi-stakeholder partnerships for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Glass, L-M., Newig, J. & Ruf, S., 01.08.2023, In: Earth System Governance. 17, 17 p., 100182.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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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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Non-invariance? An Overstated Problem With Misconceived Causes
Welzel, C., Brunkert, L., Kruse, S. & Inglehart, R. F., 08.2023, In: Sociological Methods and Research. 52, 3, p. 1368-1400 33 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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Overselling democracy–claiming legitimacy? The link between democratic pretention, notions of democracy and citizens' evaluations of regimes' democraticness
Brunkert, L. J., 09.08.2022, In: Frontiers in Political Science. 4, 17 p., 880709.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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Parlamentarische Informations- und Kontrollressourcen in 22 westlichen Demokratien
Schnapp, K-U. & Harfst, P., 2005, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 36, 2, p. 348-370 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Parteienregierungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa: empirische Befunde im Ländervergleich 1990 bis 2008
Müller-Rommel, F., Schultze, H., Harfst, P. & Fettelschoß, K., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 39, 4, p. 810-831 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review