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. 2009
  2. Published

    Transnational labour solidarity: Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European trade union movement

    Gajewska, K., 10.05.2009, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 230 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  3. Published

    Comparing EU and US Democracy Promotion in the Meditirranean and the Newly Independent States

    van Hüllen, V. & Stahn, A., 2009, Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies. Magen, A., Risse, T. & McFaul, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1. p. 118-149 32 p.

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

  4. Published

    International Relations in Europe: Traditions, Perspectives and Destinations

    Fortin, J., 2009, In: Swiss Political Science Review. 15, 1, p. 188-196 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Transnationalising Euro-Mediterranean Relations: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network as an Intermediary Actor

    van Hüllen, V., 2009, Mediterranean Policies from Above and from Below. Schäfer, I. & Henry, J-R. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Vol. 1. p. 390-411 21 p.

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

  7. Published

    Wie sind Russlands Menschenrechte noch zu retten? Welchen Einfluss Nichtregierungsorganisationen wirklich haben

    Kubbe, I., 2009, Tectum Verlag. 154 p. (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag: Politikwissenschaften; vol. 26)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. 2008
  9. Published

    Learning to rule: Ministerial careers in post-communist democracies

    Fettelschoss, K. & Nikolenyi, C., 17.11.2008, The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing. Dowding, K. & Dumont, P. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 204-227 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Gender Equality in Academia: Bad News from the Trenches, and Some Possible Solutions

    Monroe, K., Ozyurt, S., Wrigley, T. & Alexander, A. C., 06.2008, In: Perspectives on Politics. 6, 2, p. 215-233 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Die "normative Macht" der EU nach innen: Identität und Legitimität durch Europäische Außenpolitik

    van Hüllen, V., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien. 11, 3, p. 565-578 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  12. Published

    Parteienregierungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa: empirische Befunde im Ländervergleich 1990 bis 2008

    Müller-Rommel, F., Schultze, H., Harfst, P. & Fettelschoß, K., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 39, 4, p. 810-831 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review