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
  1. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Interrogating the city: Comparing locally distinct crisis discourses

    Barbehön, M. & Münch, S., 01.07.2017, In: Urban Studies. 54, 9, p. 2072–2086 15 p.

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    Interrogating urban crisis: Cities in the governance and contestation of austerity

    Bayirbag, M. K., Davies, J. S. & Münch, S., 01.07.2017, In: Urban Studies. 54, 9, p. 2023–2038 16 p.

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    Introduction: The representative turn in EU Studies

    Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 20, 2, p. 155-170 16 p.

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    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values?

    Welzel, C. & Alexander, A. C., 07.2011, In: International Review of Sociology. 21, 2, p. 249-276 28 p.

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    Kooperation und Bestrafung

    Schefczyk, M. & Welzel, C., 2013, In: Agora42. 5, 2, p. 83 1 p.

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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.

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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.

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    Legislative Democracy in the Bundestag After Reunification

    Koß, M., 01.2023, In: German Politics. 32, 1, p. 107-126 20 p.

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    Legitimation problems of participatory processes in technology assessment and technology policy

    Saretzki, T., 16.11.2012, In: Poiesis & Praxis. International Journal of Ethics and Technology Assessment. 9, 1-2, p. 7-26 20 p.

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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.

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    Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital

    Delhey, J., Hess, S., Boehnke, K., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U. & Welzel, C., 10.2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, 7, p. 2201-2222 22 p.

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    Market and network corruption: Theory and evidence

    Kravtsova, M. & Oshchepkov, A., 01.2024, In: Crime, Law and Social Change. 81, 1, p. 27-51 25 p.

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    Mayoral Selection and the Demand and Supply of Women Mayors

    Alexander, A. C., 04.2011, In: Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. 32, 2, p. 114-135 22 p.

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    Measuring Effective Democracy: The Human Empowerment Approach

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 2011, In: Comparative Politics. 43, 3, p. 271-289 19 p.

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    Measuring Effective Democracy: a Defense

    Alexander, A. C., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 01.2012, In: International Political Science Review. 33, 1, p. 41-62 22 p.

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    Measuring institutional overlap in global governance

    Haftel, Y. Z. & Lenz, T., 01.04.2022, In: Review of International Organizations. 17, 2, p. 323-347 25 p.

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    Media Freedom and the Escalation of State Violence

    Carey, S. C., González, B. & Mitchell, N. J., 05.2023, In: Political Studies. 71, 2, p. 440-462 23 p.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    Participation in multi-level policy implementation: exploring the influence of governance culture

    Gollata, J. A. M., Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 06.12.2021, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 64, 14, p. 2593-2617 25 p.

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    Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes

    Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.

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    Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?

    Rimmert, M., Baudoin, L., Cotta, B., Kochskämper, E. & Newig, J., 01.10.2020, In: Water Alternatives. 13, 3, p. 484-512 29 p.

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    Participatory and collaborative governance for sustainable flood risk management: An emerging research agenda

    Challies, E., Newig, J., Thaler, T., Kochskämper, E. & Levin-Keitel, M., 01.01.2016, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 55, 2, p. 275-280 6 p.

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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.

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    Party Gate-Keeping and Women’s Appointment to Parliamentary Committees: Evidence from the Italian Case

    Pansardi, P. & Vercesi, M., 23.01.2017, In: Parliamentary Affairs. 70, 1, p. 62-83 22 p.

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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.

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    Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management

    Bilalova, S., Newig, J., Tremblay-Lévesque, L-C., Roux, J., Herron, C. & Crane, S., 01.10.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 343, 10 p., 118179.

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    Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Kruse, S., 01.04.2017, In: British Journal of Political Science. 47, 2, p. 463-472 10 p.

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    Policy implementation through multi-level governance: analysing practical implementation of EU air quality directives in Germany

    Gollata, J. A. M. & Newig, J., 24.09.2017, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 24, 9, p. 1308-1327 20 p.

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    Political Careers in Multi-Level Systems: Regional Chief Executives in Italy, 1970-2015

    Grimaldi, S. & Vercesi, M., 15.03.2018, In: Regional & Federal Studies. 28, 2, p. 125-149 25 p.

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    Politicized Transnationalism: The Visegrád Countries in the Refugee Crisis

    Koß, M. & Séville, A., 13.02.2020, In: Politics and Governance. 8, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.

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    Politikwissenschaft: "Ein Fach mit Ausstrahlung"

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 27, 1, p. 75-77 3 p.

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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.

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    Praising the leader: personalist legitimation strategies and the deterioration of executive constraints

    Brunkert, L. & von Soest, C., 01.03.2023, In: Democratization. 30, 3, p. 419-439 21 p.

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    Prime Ministerial Careers in the European Union: Does gender make a difference?

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Vercesi, M., 03.04.2017, In: European Politics and Society. 18, 2, p. 245-262 18 p.

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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.

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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.

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    Radical right populism and religion: mapping parties’ religious communication in Western Europe

    Schwörer, J. & Romero-Vidal, X., 24.01.2020, In: Religion, State and Society. 48, 1, p. 4-21 18 p.

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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.

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