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. Monographs › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring: International Cooperation and Authoritarianism

    van Hüllen, V., 2015, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 242 p. (Governance and Limited Statehood)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Experimente in der Politikwissenschaft: Eine methodische Einführung

    Kubbe, I., 2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 175 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C., 23.12.2013, 1 ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 441 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  5. Monographs › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  6. Published

    Democratic participation and civil society in the European Union

    Friedrich, D., 2011, 1 ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 232 p. (Europe in change)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Einschränkung der Mehrheitsdemokratie? Institutioneller Wandel und Stabilität von Vetopunkten

    Heeß, K., 2017, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 487 p. (Comparative Politics - Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft; vol. 9)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. Accepted/In press

    Innerparteilicher Wettbewerb bei der Kandidatenaufstellung: Ausmaß - Organisation - Selektionskriterien

    Reiser, M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Springer VS.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  9. Published

    Integration durch Wohnungspolitik? Zum Umgang mit ethnischer Segregation im europäischen Vergleich

    Münch, S., 2010, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 484 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Interpretative Policy-Analyse: Eine Einführung

    Münch, S., 2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 169 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Kommunalpolitik: Eine Einführung

    Holtmann, E., Rademacher, C. & Reiser, M., 2017, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 252 p. (Elemente der Politik)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  12. Published

    Politische Strategie: Eine Grundlegung

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 09.10.2013, 2 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 585 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch