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
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review