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. 2018
  2. Published

    Gli endorsement

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2018, Il Partito Democratico dei nativi. De Luca, R. & Fasano, L. (eds.). Novi Ligure: Edizioni Epoké, p. 43-51 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Una opinión pública termostática: El efecto de las crisis económicas y la acción gubernamental en las preferencias de políticas públicas en Cataluña

    Romero, X., 2018, Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 9 p. (Quaderns de l'ICPS; vol. 15).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Wo steht die außerschulische politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung?

    Oeftering, T., Oppermann, J. & Hufer, K-P., 2018, 1 ed. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau-Verlag. 192 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesEducation

  6. Published

    Contagion Effects by the AfD? Candidate Selection in Germany

    Reiser, M., 01.01.2018, The Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis. Coller, X., Codero, G. & Jaime-Castillo, A. M. (eds.). New York, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 81-97 17 p. (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites).

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

  7. Published
  8. Published

    EU Migration and Asylum Policies

    Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 306-330 25 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series).

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

  9. Published

    Introduction

    Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-16 16 p. ( Handbooks of research on public policy).

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

  10. Published

    Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU

    Heinelt, H. (ed.) & Münch, S. (ed.), 26.01.2018, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 398 p. (Handbooks of research on public policy)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  11. Published

    Introduction

    Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 26.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Published
  13. Published

    Integrationsdiskurse in Deutschland und Großbritannien zwischen Dichotomisierung und Super-Diversität

    Münch, S., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 12, 1, p. 173 - 188 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Participatory Governance of Science

    Saretzki, T., 30.03.2018, Handbook on Participatory Governance. Heinelt, H. (ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 157-184 28 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy).

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

  16. 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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published
  18. Published

    Mit dem Verbraucher Politik machen? Der Verbraucher als Steuerungsadressat und Bestandteil politischer Strategien in komplexen Politikfeldern

    Loer, K. & Leipold, A., 19.06.2018, Jenseits des Otto Normalverbrauchers: Verbraucherpolitik in Zeiten des "unmanageable consumer". Bala, C. & Schuldzinski, W. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Verbraucherzentrale NRW, p. 53-75 23 p. (Beiträge zur Verbraucherforschung; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  19. Published

    Technik und Demokratie

    Saretzki, T., 29.06.2018, In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 31, Heft 1-2, p. 313-322 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  20. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published
  22. Published
  23. Published

    Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers: The Multilevel Evidence

    Almakaeva, A., Welzel, C. & Ponarin, E., 01.10.2018, In: Social Indicators Research. 139, 3, p. 923-962 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  24. 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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Approaches and Lessons in Political Career Research: Babel or Pieces of a Patchwork?

    Vercesi, M., 30.11.2018, In: Revista Española de Ciencia Política (Spanish Journal of Political Science). 48, p. 183-206 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  26. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Constitutional Coup. Privatization's Threat to the American Republic by Jon D. Michaels. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2017

    Leipold, A., 01.12.2018, In: Neue politische Literatur. 68, 3, p. 543-544 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  28. Published
  29. 2019
  30. Published

    14 Jahre Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel: Unterstützung durch Annäherung

    Berz, J. G., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 50, 3, p. 545-556 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published
  33. 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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Using Large N Longitudinal Comparison to Explain Political Recruitment in Changing Democracies

    Vercesi, M. & Grimaldi, S., 03.2019, SAGE Research Methods Cases (Politics & International Relations) ed., SAGE Publications Inc., 11 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  35. Published

    Empowering Women: The Role of Emancipative Forces in Board Gender Diversity

    Brieger, S., Francoeur, C., Welzel, C. & Ben-Amar, W., 20.03.2019, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 155, 2, p. 495-511 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published
  37. Published

    Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics: The Case of the 5 Star Movement

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 01.06.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 225-247 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Il "decision making" dell'esecutivo

    Vercesi, M., 07.2019, Il governo in Italia: Profili costituzionali e dinamiche politiche. Musella, F. (ed.). Bologna: Il Mulino, p. 219-241 22 p. (Itinerari).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  39. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Political negotiations: characteristics and related performance disincentives

    Ade, V., 20.08.2019, In: International Journal of Conflict Management. 30, 3, p. 349-368 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  41. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Presidente del Consiglio, partiti politici e maggioranza parlamentare (1996-2016)

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 12.2019, Il presidente del Consiglio dei ministri dallo Stato liberale all’Unione Europea. Tedoldi, L. (ed.). Milano: Biblion edizioni, p. 385-410 26 p. (Storia, politica, società; vol. 54).

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

  45. Published
  46. Published

    Democratic innovation and environmental governance

    Newig, J., Challies, E. & Jager, N. W., 05.12.2019, Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance. Elstub, S. & Escobar, O. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 324-338 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  47. Published

    The fight against human trafficking: Drivers and spoilers

    Ravlik, M. V., 06.12.2019, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 224 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  48. Published

    La Germania sospesa, by Silvia Bolgherini and Gabriele D'Ottavio, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019

    Vercesi, M., 12.12.2019, In: Contemporary Italian Politics . 11, 4, p. 465-467 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  49. Published

    Do Populists Govern Differently? The Management of the Italian M5S-League Coalition in Comparative Perspective

    Vercesi, M., 20.12.2019, In: Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science. 21, p. 9-24 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. 2020
  51. Published

    Der europäische Citoyen: normative Figur und empirische Bedeutungsvielfalt im Kontext zivilgesellschaftlicher Partizipation

    Wach, L., 2020, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 217 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  52. Published

    Eigentum und Demokratie: Zwei Studien zur Politik- und Ideengeschichte neoliberaler Theorie

    Leipold, A., 2020, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61, 1, p. 175-178 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  53. Accepted/In press

    Innerparteilicher Wettbewerb bei der Kandidatenaufstellung: Ausmaß - Organisation - Selektionskriterien

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

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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