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. 2018
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    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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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    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

  11. 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

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