Comparative Democracy
Description
Research Questions | Goals:
How is democracy organized? How does democracy differ from autocracy?
What are the social and economic requirements of democracy? What is the
future of democracy? In this research area, the main interest centres on
the principles, structures and lines of development of democratic
governance. Concrete research interests focus on the systematic analysis
of the different forms of democracy, also in comparison with autocratic
forms of rule, on the institutional transformation of democracy as a
result of democratic innovations and reform policies, on structures and
processes of political representation, on the recruitment, careers and
attitudes of the political elite in democracy, on the interrelationship
of religion and democracy, on the development of the electorate's
behaviour and political attitudes as well as on the impact of changing
media technologies on democracy.
Method: The underlying theoretical approach in this research field is decidedly empirical and analytical and characterized by a marked interest in questions related to qualitative and quantitative methods.
Jens Borchert, Brigitte Gei脽el, Heike Holbig, Sigrid Ro脽teutscher, Claudius Wagemann, Thomas Zittel
| Projects (Selection) | |
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Principal Investigator: Prof. Sigrid Ro脽teutscher, Ph.D. |
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The Nature of Political Representation in Times of Dealigment (NAPRE) Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Zittel (in cooperation with Prof. Rosie Campbell, King's College London und Prof. Tom Louwerse, Leiden University) |
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(New) Political Representative Claims: A Global View (France, Germany, Brazil, India, China) Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Brigitte Gei脽el (in cooperation with Prof. Yves Sintomer, Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Prof. St茅phanie Tawa Lama-Rewal) |
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Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig |
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Inequality and Direct Democracy in Europe Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Brigitte Gei脽el |
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Principal Investigator: Dr. Philipp Erbentraut |