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
- Critical reviews › Research
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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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Buchbesprechung: Selbstbildung und Bürgeridentität (2015). Politische Bildung vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Theorie von Charles Taylor. Von C. Meyer-Heidemann (978-3-7344-0049-0)
Oeftering, T., 2015, In: Politisches Lernen. 3-4/15, p. 55 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Christopher H. Achen / Larry M. Bartels: Democracy for Realists. Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2017
Leipold, A., 01.09.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Politik. 65, 3, p. 355-358 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Collins, Randall, Dynamik der Gewalt. Eine mikrosoziologische Theorie
Leipold, A., 01.02.2012, In: Das Argument. 54, 1-2, p. 286 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Corruptive Patterns of Patronage in South East Europe by Plamen K. Georgiev
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 2010, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 8, 2, p. 269-70 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Dür, Andreas/Mateo, Gemma (2016): Insiders versus Outsiders. Interest Group Politics in Multilevel Europe. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Leipold, A., 06.2018, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 59, 2, p. 419-421 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Frank Fischer/Herbert Gottweis (Hg.) The Argumentative Turn Revisited. Public Policy as Communicative Practise. Durham, NC/London 2012, Duke University Press
Saretzki, T., 03.2013, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 42, 1, p. 111-112 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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From Old Times to New Europe: The Polish Struggle for Democracy and Constitutionalism; Agata Fijalkowski; Ashgate, 2010, ISBN 978-0-75467-3385
Seha, E., 2011, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 19, 3, p. 440-441 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Global Tax Governance: What is Wrong With It and How to Fix It by Peter Dietsch and Thomas Rixen (eds). Colchester: ECPR Press, 2016
Leipold, A., 01.11.2017, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 15, 4, p. 630-631 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Holzhauser, Thorsten (2019): Die „Nachfolgepartei“. Die Integration der PDS in das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1990–2005
Koß, M., 26.05.2020, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61, 2, p. 393-395 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Hornig, Eike-Christian. 2011. Die Parteiendominanz direkter Demokratie in Westeuropa. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 344 S.
Grotz, F., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 5, 2, p. 360-363 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Huhnholz, Sebastian (Hrsg.) (2018): Fiskus – Verfassung – Freiheit. Politisches Denken der öffentlichen Finanzen von Hobbes bis heute
Leipold, A., 06.2019, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 60, 2, p. 389-392 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Judith Hoffmann: Die Integration Südosteuropas - Die Demokratisierungspolitik europäischer Organisationen in Albanien
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 2009, In: Südosteuropa Mitteilungen. 49, 3-4, p. 172-173 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Kruck, Andreas. Private Ratings, Public Regulations. Credit Rating Agencies and Global Financial Governance. Basingstoke. Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011
Leipold, A., 2014, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 55, 4, p. 768-770 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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La repubblica dei veti. Un’analisi spaziale del mutamento legislativo in Italia, by Francesco Zucchini, Milano, Egea, 2013.
Vercesi, M., 2014, In: Contemporary Italian Politics . 6, 3, p. 303-305 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Lobbying in Europe: Public Affairs and the Lobbying Industry in 28 EU Countries, edited by A.Bitonti and P.Harris (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, ISBN 9781137552556)
Leipold, A., 02.01.2018, In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 56, 1, p. 204-205 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research