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
  1. Published

    Variationen des Städtischen – Variationen lokaler Politik

    Barbehön, M. (ed.) & Münch, S. (ed.), 08.2016, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 373 p. (Stadtforschung aktuell)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Introduction: The representative turn in EU studies

    Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 13.08.2013, The representative turn in EU studies . Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D. (eds.). Abingdon: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-16 16 p. (Journal of European public policy series; vol. 20, no. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The representative turn in EU studies

    Kröger, S. (ed.) & Friedrich, D. (ed.), 08.04.2016, Abingdon: Taylor and Francis Inc. 145 p. (Journal of European public policy series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Quando mancano i votanti: il caso delle elezioni primarie dell'Emilia-Romagna.

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2016, Selezionare i Presidenti : Le Primarie regionali in Italia. de Luca, M. & Rombi, S. (eds.). Edizioni Epoké, p. 105-121 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Book review: R.A.W. Rhodes and Paul 't Hart (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership

    Vercesi, M., 05.2016, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 14, 2, p. 280-280 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  7. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Globalisierung

    Oeftering, T., 2015, Handbuch politische Erwachsenenbildung. Hufer, K-P. & Lange, D. (eds.). Schwalbach/Taunus: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 153-162 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  9. Published

    Inklusion als Thema der politischen Bildung: Thesen

    Oeftering, T., 2016, Menschenrechte und Inklusion. Hugoth, M., Schwendemann, W. & Stöbener, A. P. (eds.). Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 191-204 14 p. (Erinnern und Lernen: Texte zur Menschenrechtspädagogik ; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  10. Published

    Beyond National Policymaking: Conceptions of Myth in Interpretive Policy Analysis and Their Value for IR

    Münch, S., 13.06.2016, Myth and Narrative in International Politics: Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR. Bliesemann de Guevara, B. (ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 47-66 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review