Christian Welzel

Prof. Dr.

  1. Effective democracy, mass culture, and the quality of elites: the human development perspective

    Welzel, C. P., 01.10.2002, In: International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 43, 3-5, p. 317-349 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Electoral Behavior in Croatia

    Welzel, C., 1997, The 1990 and 1992/93 Sabor Elections in Croatia: Analyses, Documents and Data. Šiber, I. (ed.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 80-102 22 p. (Founding elections in Eastern Europe).

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

  3. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Eliten in Deutschland: Rekrutierung und Integration

    Bürklin, W., Rebenstorf, H., Kaina, V., Machatzke, J., Sauer, M. & Welzel, C., 1997, Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich. 482 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Emancipative values and democracy: response to Hadenius and Teorell

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 01.09.2006, In: Studies in Comparative International Development. 41, 3, p. 74-94 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Enlightening People: The Spark of Emancipative Values

    Welzel, C. & Moreno, A., 01.01.2015, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 59-88 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Evidencing and Explaining Democratic Congruence

    Welzel, C. & Klingemann, H-D., 2008, World Values Survey Association, p. 57-94, 38 p. (World Values Research; vol. 1, no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  13. Published

    Evolution, Empowerment and Emancipation: How Societies Ascend the Utility Ladder of Freedoms

    Welzel, C., 2013, World Values Survey Association, p. 1-42, 43 p. (World Values Research; vol. 6, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  14. Published

    Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation: How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder

    Welzel, C., 12.2014, In: World Development. 64, p. 33-51 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Exemplary versus statistical evidence? response to Berg-Schlosser

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 05.2003, In: European Journal of Political Research. 42, 3, p. 387-389 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  16. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Exploring the Unknown: Predicting the Responses of Publics not yet Surveyed

    Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 01.03.2005, In: International Review of Sociology. 15, 1, p. 173-201 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Fluchtpunkt Humanentwicklung: über die Grundlagen der Demokratie und die Ursachen ihrer Ausbreitung

    Welzel, C. P., 2002, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag. 345 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  20. Published

    Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C., 23.12.2013, 1 ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 441 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Welzel, C. & Dalton, R., 2014, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Christian, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 282-306 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  22. Gemeinwohl als Bürgerwohl: die Perspektive der Humanentwicklung

    Welzel, C., 2002, Gemeinwohl - Auf der Suche nach Substanz. Schuppert, G. F. & Neidhardt, F. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 109-126 18 p. (WZB-Jahrbuch; vol. 2002).

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

  23. Gender equality and democracy

    Inglehart, R., Norris, P. & Welzel, C. P., 01.01.2002, In: Comparative Sociology. 1, 3-4, p. 321-346 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  24. Published

    Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation

    Welzel, C. & Delhey, J., 09.08.2015, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46, 7, p. 875-896 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Generalizing Trust: How Out-Group Trust Grows Beyond In-Group Trust

    Delhey, J. & Welzel, C., 2012, p. 49-74, 26 p. (World Values Research; vol. 5, no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  26. Published

    Genetic Factors, Cultural Predispositions, Happiness and Gender Equality

    Inglehart, R. F., Borinskaya, S., Anna, C., Jaanus, H., Inglehart, R. C., Eduard, P. & Welzel, C., 2014, In: Journal of Research in Gender Studies. 4, 1, p. 32-100 69 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures

    Chen, S. X., Ng, J. C. K., Hui, B. P. H., Au, A. K. Y., Lam, B. C. P., Wu, W. C. H., Pun, N., Beattie, P., Welzel, C. & Liu, J. H., 01.06.2023, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14, 5, p. 662-671 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Good practice

    Klingemann, H-D. & Welzel, C. P., 2001, Encyclopedia of democratic thought. Clarke, P. B. & Foweraker, J. (eds.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 311-314 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  29. Published

    Got Milk? How Freedoms Evolved From Dairying Climates

    Van de Vliert, E., Welzel, C., Shcherbak, A., Fischer, R. & Alexander, A., 01.08.2018, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 49, 7, p. 1048-1065 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Grundfragen, Probleme und Perspektiven der Demokratiemessung

    Lauth, H-J., Pickel, G. & Welzel, C., 2000, Demokratiemessung: Konzepte und Befunde im internationalen Vergleich. Lauth, H-J., Pickel, G. & Welzel, C. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 7-26 20 p.

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

  31. Published

    Harmonization in the world values survey

    Kizilova, K., Diez-Medrano, J., Welzel, C. & Haerpfer, C., 2024, Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences. Tomescu-Dubrow, I., Wolf, C., Slomczynski, K. M. & Jenkins, J. C. (eds.). Wiley Blackwell Japan, p. 39-56 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  32. How development leads to democracy: what we know about modernization

    Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C. P., 04.2009, In: Foreign Affairs. 88, 2, p. 33-48 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  33. Published

    How General is Trust in "Most People" ? Solving the Radius of Trust Problem

    Delhey, J., Newton, K. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2011, In: American Sociological Review. 76, 5, p. 786-807 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    How important is culture to understand political protest?

    Li Donni, P., Marino, M. & Welzel, C., 01.12.2021, In: World Development. 148, 15 p., 105661.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. How selfish are self-expression values? a civicness test

    Welzel, C. P., 03.2010, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 41, 2, p. 152-174 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Human Development

    Welzel, C., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Bardie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. 4. p. 1101-1104 4 p.

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

  37. Human development and the "explosion" of democracy: variations of regime change across 60 societies

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 06.2001, Berlin: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung , 32 p. (Veröffentlichungsreihe der Abteilung Institutionen und Sozialer Wandel des Forschungsschwerpunkts Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung; no. FS III 01-202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  38. Human development as a general theory of social change: a multi-level and cross-cultural perspective

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Klingemann, H-D., 2001, Berlin: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung , 36 p. (Veröffentlichungsreihe der Abteilung Institutionen und Sozialer Wandel des Forschungsschwerpunkts Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung; no. FS III 01-201).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  39. Published

    Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers: The Multilevel Evidence

    Almakaeva, A., Welzel, C. & Ponarin, E., 01.10.2018, In: Social Indicators Research. 139, 3, p. 923-962 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Humanentwicklung, Systemwettbewerb und Demokratie: gibt es eine demokratische Evolution?

    Welzel, C., 2000, Die Zukunft der Demokratie : Herausforderungen im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. Klingemann, H. D. & Neidhardt, F. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 471-502 32 p. (WZB-Jahrbuch).

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

  41. Humanentwicklung und Demokratie: welcher Index mißt am validesten die "humane" Dimension der Demokratie?

    Welzel, C. P., 2000, Demokratiemessung: Konzepte und Befunde im internationalen Vergleich. Lauth, H-J., Pickel, G. & Welzel, C. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 132-162 31 p.

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

  42. Humanentwicklung und der Phasenwechsel von Zivilgesellschaften

    Welzel, C., 1999, Im Schatten demokratischer Legitimität: Informelle Institutionen und Partizipation im inter-kulturellen Demokratievergleich. Lauth, H-J. & Liebert, U. (eds.). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 207-236 30 p.

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

  43. Ideologie

    Klingemann, H-D. & Welzel, C. P., 01.01.2002, Handwörterbuch zur politischen Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Greiffenhagen, M., Greiffenhagen, S. & Neller, K. (eds.). 2 ed. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 200-203 4 p.

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

  44. Published

    Implementation of EU labour law directives by way of national collective agreements

    Welzel, C., 2020, Innovative Verwaltung in Forschung und Lehre: Festschrift für Heinz-Joachim Peters zum 70. Geburtstag. Hartleb, T. & Fischer, J. (eds.). Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 283-302 20 p.

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

  45. Individual modernity

    Welzel, C. P., 2007, The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. Dalton, R. J., Klingemann, H-D. & Goodin, R. E. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 185-205 21 p.

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

  46. Introduction

    Haerpfer, C. W., Bernhagen, P., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 2009, Democratization. Haerpfer, C. W., Bernhagen, P., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 1-7 7 p.

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

  47. Introduction

    Inglehart, R., Halman, L. & Welzel, C., 2004, Human Beliefs and Values: A Cross-Cultural Sourcebook based on the 1999 - 2002 values surveys. Inglehart, R., Basanez, M., Díez-Medrano, J., Halman, L. & Luijkx, R. (eds.). Mexico City: Siglo XXI Editores, p. 1-20 20 p.

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

  48. Irrtümer bei der Interpretation des "ökologischen Fehlschlusses": zur Aussagekraft aggregierter Umfragedaten

    Welzel, C., 01.01.2003, Vergleichende politikwissenschaftliche Methoden: Neue Entwicklungen und Diskussionen. Pickel, S., Pickel, G., Lauth, H-J. & Jahn, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 179-199 21 p.

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

  49. Published

    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values?

    Welzel, C. & Alexander, A. C., 07.2011, In: International Review of Sociology. 21, 2, p. 249-276 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values ?

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 2011, World Values Survey Association, p. 40-70, 31 p. (World Values Research; vol. 4, no. 2).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers