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
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Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems
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Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Following a Global Script?
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Politischer Parallelismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Ergebnisse einer statistisch-vergleichenden Analyse
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The EU’s Governance Transfer: From External Promotion to Internal Protection?
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Comparative analysis of public environmental decision-making processes: A variable-based analytical scheme
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Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values ?
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Measuring Effective Democracy: A Defense
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How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands
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Governance approaches to address scale issues in biodiversity management – current situation and ways forward
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Evolution, Empowerment and Emancipation: How Societies Ascend the Utility Ladder of Freedoms
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What is sustainable agriculture? A systematic review
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Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance
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Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways
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Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States
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Political Institutions and Political Elites in Changing Liberal-Democracies
Research output: Books and anthologies › Post-doctoral dissertations