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
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Accounting for numbers: Group characteristics and the choice of violent and nonviolent tactics
Dahl, M., Gates, S., Gleditsch, K. S. & Gonzalez, B., 25.04.2021, In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal. 16, 1, p. 5-25 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
Akaliyski, P., Welzel, C. & Hien, J., 19.05.2022, In: Journal of European Integration. 44, 4, p. 569-590 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance
Kirschke, S. & Newig, J., 07.06.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 6, 18 p., 983.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Afghanistan's energy sociotechnical imaginaries: Alternative visions in a conflict zone.
Fahimi, A., Upham, P. & Münch, S., 01.10.2022, In: Political Geography. 98, 102657.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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All the prime minister’s glory? Leader effects and accountability of prime ministers in parliamentary elections
Berz, J., 01.11.2020, In: Politics. 40, 4, p. 444-459 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania
Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Are all politicians the same? Reproduction and change of chief executive career patterns in democratic regimes
Vercesi, M., 01.09.2022, In: International Social Science Journal. 72, 245, p. 577-595 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Armed to Kill: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Examining the Links between Firearms Availability, Gun Control, and Terrorism Using the Global Terrorism Database and the Small Arms Survey
Bures, O. & Burilkov, A., 11.10.2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Terrorism and Political Violence. 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Barriers to naturalization: How dual citizenship restrictions impede full membership
Weinmann, M., 01.10.2022, In: International Migration. 60, 5, p. 237-251 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Basic Personal Values Underlie and Give Coherence to Political Values: A Cross National Study in 15 Countries
Schwartz, S. H., Caprara, G. V., Vecchione, M., Bain, P. G., Bianchi, G., Caprara, M. G., Cieciuch, J., Kirmanoglu, H., Baslevent, C., Lönnqvist, J. E., Mamali, C., Manzi, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Posnova, T., Schoen, H., Silvester, J., Tabernero, C., Torres, C., Verkasalo, M., Vondráková, E., Welzel, C. & Zaleski, Z., 12.2014, In: Political Behavior. 36, 4, p. 899-930 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Between joint project, institutional bargaining and symbolic politics: initiatives for federalism reform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Grotz, F. & Poier, K., 01.11.2012, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 6, 2, Supplement, p. 77-101 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Coalition Politics and Inter-Party Conflict Management: A Theoretical Framework
Vercesi, M., 01.04.2016, In: POLITICS & POLICY. 44, 2, p. 168-219 52 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems
Newig, J., Schulz, D., Fischer, D., Hetze, K., Laws, N., Lüdecke, G. & Rieckmann, M., 09.07.2013, In: Sustainability. 5, 7, p. 2976-2990 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparative Culturology and Cross-Cultural Psychology: How Comparing Societal Cultures Differs From Comparing Individuals’ Minds Across Cultures
Minkov, M., Vignoles, V. L., Welzel, C., Akaliyski, P., Bond, M. H., Kaasa, A. & Smith, P. B., 03.2024, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 55, 2, p. 164-188 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conditionality of EU funds: an instrument to enforce EU fundamental values?
Blauberger, M. & van Huellen, V., 02.01.2021, In: Journal of European Integration. 43, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corruption and Trust: A model design
Kubbe, I., 01.12.2013, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 7, 1 Supplement Issue, p. 117-135 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cross-level Information and Influence in Mandated Participatory Planning: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Water Management in Germany’s Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
Koontz, T. M. & Newig, J., 05.2014, In: Land Use Policy. 38, p. 594–604 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda
Newig, J. & Rose, M., 02.09.2020, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 22, 5, p. 667-681 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Decentering the argumentative turn
Saretzki, T., 12.2013, In: Critical Policy Studies. 7, 4, p. 440-448 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Declining willingness to fight for one’s country: The Individual-level Basis of the Long Peace
Inglehart, R., Puranen, B. & Welzel, C. P., 16.07.2015, In: Journal of Peace Research. 52, 4, p. 418-434 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democratic Horizons: what value change reveals about the future of democracy
Welzel, C., 04.07.2021, In: Democratization. 28, 5, p. 992-1016 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democratic representation in the EU: Two kinds of subjectivity
Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 20, 2, p. 171-189 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democratic Stress and Political Institutions: Drives of Reforms of Bicameralism in Times of Crisis
Vercesi, M., 2022, In: Representation. Journal of Representative Democracy. 58, 1, p. 85-102 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die niedersächsische Landtagswahl vom 20. Januar 2013: Hauchdünne Mehrheit für neues rot-frünes Regierungsbündnis
Meyer, H. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2013, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 44, 2, p. 247-263 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Rationalität des grünen Traditionalismus oder: Die Suche nach Alternativen
Tils, R. & Raschke, J., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften. 10, 4, p. 510-539 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Disentangling Puzzles of Spatial Scales and Participation in Environmental Governance: The Case of Governance Re-scaling Through the European Water Framework Directive
Newig, J., Schulz, D. & Jager, N. W., 01.12.2016, In: Environmental Management. 58, 6, p. 998 - 1014 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Divergent Perceptions of Peace in Post-Conflict Societies: Insights from Sri Lanka
Carey, S. C., González, B. & Glaessel, C., 10.2022, In: Journal of Conflict Resolution. 66, 9, p. 1589-1618 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does problem complexity matter for environmental policy delivery? How public authorities address problems of water governance
Kirschke, S., Newig, J., Völker, J. & Borchardt, D., 01.07.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 196, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Elements of Schwartz’s Model in the WVS: How Do They Relate to Other Cultural Models?
Kaasa, A. & Welzel, C., 12.2023, In: Cross-Cultural Research. 57, 5, p. 431-471 41 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition
Welzel, C. P., Alexander, A. & Inglehart, R., 01.11.2016, In: Social Indicators Research. 129, 2, p. 909-935 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest: The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects
Welzel, C. & Deutsch, F., 04.2012, In: British Journal of Political Science. 42, 2, p. 465-479 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Embedding Evidence on Conservation Interventions Within a Context of Multilevel Governance
Ekroos, J., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Newig, J. & Smith, H. G., 01.01.2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 139-145 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Empowering women: the role of emancipative beliefs
Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 06.2011, In: European Sociological Review. 27, 3, p. 364-384 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental governance of a Belt and Road project in Montenegro – National agency and external influences
Coenen, J., Newig, J. & Meyfroidt, P., 01.08.2022, In: Land Use Policy. 119, 14 p., 106136.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Eroding Patriarchy: The Co-evolution of Women's Rights and Emancipative Values
Alexander, A. & Welzel, C., 02.01.2015, In: International Review of Sociology. 25, 1, p. 144-165 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Europeanisation through Cooperation? EU Democracy Promotion in Morocco and Tunisia
van Hüllen, V., 01.01.2012, In: West European Politics. 35, 1, p. 117-134 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Every single word: A New Data Set Including All Parliamentary Materials Published in Germany
Remschel, T. & Kröber, C., 22.04.2022, In: Government and Opposition. 57, 2, p. 276-295 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Existential insecurity and deference to authority: the pandemic as a natural experiment
Foa, R. S. & Welzel, C., 19.05.2023, In: Frontiers in Political Science. 5, 12 p., 1117550.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Existential insecurity and trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Germany
Delhey, J., Steckermeier, L. C., Boehnke, K., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U. & Welzel, C., 2023, In: Journal of Trust Research. 13, 2, p. 140-163 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Experiments in climate governance: A systematic review of research on energy and built environment transitions
Kivimaa, P., Hildén, M., Huitema, D., Jordan, A. & Newig, J., 15.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 169, p. 17 - 29 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring governance learning: How policymakers draw on evidence, experience and intuition in designing participatory flood risk planning
Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E. & Jager, N. W., 01.01.2016, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 55, p. 353-360 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Forced exit from the joint-decision trap: US power and the harmonisation of company taxation in the EU
Hakelberg, L., 05.04.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of European Public Policy. 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Free movement and the emergence of European social citizenship
Blome, K., Friedrich, D. & Nanz, P., 2012, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 41, 4, p. 383-398 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Führt Bürgerbeteiligung in umweltpolitischen Entscheidungsprozessen zu mehr Effektivität und Legitimität?
Newig, J., Jager, N. W. & Challies, E., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 22, 4, p. 527-564 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review