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
  2. Published

    Resistance to international democracy promotion in Morocco and Tunisia

    van Hüllen, V., 2017, In: Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal. 2, 5, p. 637-657 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Rethinking Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Political Research

    Zhirkov, K. & Welzel, C., 23.03.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Research Quarterly. 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia

    Roellig, M., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sammul, M., von Wehrden, H., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 2, p. 185-195 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Scale in environmental governance: moving from concepts and cases to consolidation

    Newig, J. & Moss, T., 06.11.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19, 5, p. 473-479 7 p.

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  6. Published

    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.

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  7. Published

    Society and territory: making sense of Italian populism from a historical perspective

    Vercesi, M., 02.2023, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 31, 1, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus: Why Legitimacy Matters

    Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 10.2014, In: Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions . 27, 4, p. 613-634 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Success of collaboration for sustainable agriculture: a case study meta-analysis

    Velten, S., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 10.2021, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 23, 10, p. 14619–14641 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Survey Response and Observed Behavior: Emancipative and Secular Values Predict Prosocial Behaviors

    Kistler, D., Thoni, C. & Welzel, C., 01.05.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 4, p. 461-489 29 p.

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  11. Published

    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.

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    Systematic learning in water governance: insights from five local adaptive management projects for water quality innovation

    Kochskämper, E., Koontz, T. M. & Newig, J., 03.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 1, 13 p., 22.

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  13. Published

    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.

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  14. E-pub ahead of print

    The comparative study of governments and ministers: Jean Blondel’s legacy

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Vercesi, M., 31.01.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Political Science. 11 p.

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  15. Published

    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.

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  16. Published

    The effect of voters’ economic perception, Brexit and campaigns on the evaluation of party leaders over time

    Berz, J., 01.05.2020, In: British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 22, 2, p. 202-219 18 p.

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  17. Published

    The environmental performance of participatory and collaborative governance: A framework of causal mechanisms

    Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Adzersen, A., 05.2018, In: Policy Studies Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-297 29 p.

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  18. Published

    The legacy of war: The effect of militias on postwar repression

    Carey, S. C. & González, B., 05.2021, In: Conflict Management and Peace Science. 38, 3, p. 247-269 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

    Welzel, C., 10.2012, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43, 7, p. 1039-1054 16 p.

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  20. Published

    THE OCTOBER-REVOLUTION AS CYCLICAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION: METHODICAL APPROACHES TO INTERPRETING THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET-UNION

    Geierhos, W., 02.1988, In: Osteuropa. 38, 2, p. 87-108 22 p.

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  21. Published

    The Power to Resist: Mobilization and the Logic of Terrorist Attacks in Civil War

    Polo, S. M. T. & González, B., 01.11.2020, In: Comparative Political Studies. 53, 13, p. 2029-2060 32 p.

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  22. Published

    The Radius of Trust Problem Remains Resolved

    Delhey, J., Newton, K. & Welzel, C., 25.12.2014, In: American Sociological Review. 79, 6, p. 1260-1265 6 p.

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  23. Published

    The rise and fall of GMOs in politics: party positions and mainstream party behaviour in Western Europe

    Schwörer, J., Vidal, X. R. & Vallejo, S. M., 2023, In: Environmental Sociology. 9, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.

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  24. Published

    The shadow of the family: Historical roots of social trust in Europe

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 12.02.2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 2, 26 p., e0295783.

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  25. Published

    The value of sub-national data: The dynamics of contentious politics in Nepal

    González, B. & Vüllers, J., 01.09.2020, In: International Area Studies Review. 23, 3, p. 307-322 16 p.

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  26. Published

    The Values in Crisis Project: A Three-Wave Panel Study in Germany and the United Kingdom

    Welzel, C., Boehnke, K., Delhey, J., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U., Dragolov, G., Hess, S. & Larsen, M., 02.04.2024, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 12, 1, 11 p., 1.

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  27. Published

    Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows

    Coenen, J., Sonderegger, G., Newig, J., Meyfroidt, P., Challies, E. R. T., Bager, S., Busck-Lumholt, L. M., Corbera, E., Friis, C., Frohn Pedersen, A., Laroche, P. C. S. J., Parra Paitan, C., Qin, S., Roux, N. & Zaehringer, J. G., 07.06.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 18 p., 24.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Toward the sustainability state? Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions and their impact on policy-making

    Mathis, O. L., Rose, M., Newig, J. & Bauer, S., 06.2023, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 33, 3, p. 313-324 12 p.

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  29. Published

    Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States

    Jager, N. W., Challies, E., Kochskämper, E., Newig, J., Benson, D., Blackstock, K., Collins, K., Ernst, A., Evers, M., Feichtinger, J., Fritsch, O., Gooch, G., Grund, W., Hedelin, B., Hernández-Mora, N., Frank, H., Huitema, D., Irvine, K., Klinke, A., Lange, L., Loupsans, D., Lubell, M., Maganda, C., Matczak, P., Parés, M., Saarikoski, H., Slavíková, L., van der Arend, S. & von Korff, Y., 19.04.2016, In: Water. 8, 4, 22 p., 156.

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  30. 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.

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  31. Published

    Values and Corruption: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 2, p. 225-242 18 p.

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  32. Published

    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.

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  33. E-pub ahead of print

    ‘Void’ democrats? The populist notion of ‘democracy’ in action

    Schwörer, J. & Koß, M., 13.09.2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Party Politics. 14 p.

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  34. Published

    What Kind of Veto Player Is the Italian Senate? A Comparative Analysis of European Second Chambers

    Vercesi, M., 30.11.2017, In: Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 22, 5, p. 604-623 20 p.

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  35. Published

    What role for frames in scalar conflicts?

    Jürges, N. & Newig, J., 01.12.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 49, p. 426-434 9 p.

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  36. E-pub ahead of print

    When (and how) ideas become arguments: the regulation of party donations in Germany

    Koß, M., 31.01.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 2024, 14 p.

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  37. Journal articles › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  38. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Das deutsche Klimaziel im europäischen Kontext: Strategische Implikationen im Wahljahr 2013

    Geden, O. & Tils, R., 01.01.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Politikberatung. 6, 1, p. 24-28 5 p.

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  41. Published

    Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der Priorisierungsdebatte: Welchen Beitrag können Bürger leisten ?

    Stumpf, S. & Raspe, H., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 106, 6, p. 418-425 8 p.

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  42. Published

    Die "normative Macht" der EU nach innen: Identität und Legitimität durch Europäische Außenpolitik

    van Hüllen, V., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien. 11, 3, p. 565-578 13 p.

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    Doppelte Asymmetrie und Probleme des Machtwechsels

    Tils, R. & Raschke, J., 01.09.2012, In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 25, 3, p. 83-87 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Legitimität von Wahlen in der Transformation

    Elischer, S. M., 22.04.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 22, 3, p. 419-428 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Mehr Strategie wagen

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 2011, In: Politik & Kommunikation. Juli/August, p. 14-15 2 p.

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    Stakeholderpartizipation und Priorisierung - eine Betrachtung des normativen Status quantitativer und qualitativer Methoden

    Friedrich, D. R., Stumpf, S. & Alber, K., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 106, 6, p. 412-417 6 p.

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  48. Published

    Strategien für den Regierungswechsel: Die krummen Wege und der Stolpergang

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 2013, In: Neue Gesellschaft, Frankfurter Hefte. 1-2, p. 12-15 4 p.

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  49. Published

    Strategie zählt. Die Bundestagswahl 2013

    Tils, R. & Raschke, J., 2013, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 62, 48-49, p. 20-27 8 p.

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    Technikpolitik, Technikfolgenabschätzung und Partizipation: Fritz Gloede (1994) revisited: Einsichten, Kritik und Perspektiven

    Saretzki, T., 01.04.2013, In: Technikfolgenabschätzung. 22, 1, p. 75-87 13 p.

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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.

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  52. Published