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. 1988
  2. Published

    THE OCTOBER-REVOLUTION AS CYCLICAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION: METHODICAL APPROACHES TO INTERPRETING THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET-UNION

    Geierhos, W., 02.1988, In: Osteuropa. 38, 2, p. 87-108 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    POLICY ANALYSIS - AN INTRODUCTION - GERMAN - WINDHOFFHERITIER,A

    Müller-Rommel, F., 12.1988, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 29, 4, p. 682-683 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. 1989
  5. Published

    THE SOVIET-UNION UNDERGOING RADICAL CHANGE - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES AND LIMITS OF THE REFORM POLICY OF GORBACHEV - GERMAN - MEISSNER,B

    Geierhos, W., 06.1989, In: Osteuropa. 39, 6, p. 593-594 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. 2004
  7. Published

    Party government in Central Eastern European democracies: A data collection (1990-2003)

    Muller-Rommel, F., Fettelschoss, K. & Harfst, P., 01.10.2004, In: European Journal of Political Research. 43, 6, p. 869-894 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    The famine in Kazakhstan: historiographical reappraisals

    Mark, R. A., 12.2004, In: Osteuropa. 54, 12, p. 112-130 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  9. 2005
  10. Published

    Parlamentarische Informations- und Kontrollressourcen in 22 westlichen Demokratien

    Schnapp, K-U. & Harfst, P., 2005, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 36, 2, p. 348-370 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. 2006
  12. Published
  13. 2007
  14. Published

    Herausforderung – Akteur – Antwort. Eine fruchtbare Heuristik zur Analyse sozialen Wandels

    Reiser, M. & Schnapp, K-U., 2007, Herausforderung – Akteur – Antwort : Diskontinuierlicher sozialer Wandel aus theoretischer und empirischer Perspektive. De Nève, D., Reiser, M. & Schnapp, K-U. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 221-232 11 p.

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

  15. Published

    Politische Strategie: eine Grundlegung

    Raschke, J. & Tils, R., 2007, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 585 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  16. Published

    Jenseits der Linearität – konzeptionelle Grundlagen für die Beschreibung diskontinuierlicher Entwicklungsprozesse

    Reiser, M. & Schnapp, K-U., 28.09.2007, Herausforderung – Akteur – Antwort : Diskontinuierlicher sozialer Wandel aus theoretischer und empirischer Perspektive. de Nève, D., Reiser, M. & Schnapp, K-U. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 25-51 26 p.

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

  17. Published

    The politics of electoral systems

    Harfst, P., 01.12.2007, In: Acta Politica. 42, 4, p. 466-468 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  18. 2008
  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published

    The Nature of Political Participation

    Albrecht, H., 2008, Political Participation in the Middle East. Lust-Okar, E. & Zerhouni, S. (eds.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 15-32 18 p.

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

  22. Published
  23. Published

    Wahlsystemwandel in Mittelosteuropa: Strategisches Design einer politischen Institution

    Harfst, P., 2008, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 320 p. ( Forschung Politik)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 2009
  27. 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

  28. 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

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