Political Sociology and Cultural Analysis

15 credits

Reading list, Master's level, 2SK054

A revised version of the reading list is available.

Main group 1

Main group 2

  • Andersen, Robert; Fetner, Tina, Economi inequality and intolerance - Attitudes toward homosexuality in 35 democracies., American Journal of Political Science, 2006Compulsory
  • Baktiari, Bahman; Augustus, Richard Norton, Voices within Islam: Four Perspectives on Tolerance and Diversity, Current History, 2005Compulsory
  • Dunbar, E.; Simonova, L., Individual difference and social status predictors of anti-Semitism and racism US and Czech findings with the prejudice/tolerance and right wing authoritarianism scales., International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2003Compulsory
  • Gat, Azar, The return of Authoritarian Great Powers., Foreign Affairs, 2007, fulltextCompulsory
  • Gibson, J. L., On the nature of tolerance: Dichotomous or continuous?, Political Behavior, 2005Compulsory
  • Gibson, J.L., Do strong group identities fuel intolerance? Evidence from the South African case, Political Psychology, 2006Compulsory
  • Guerin, D.; Petry, F.; Crete, J., Tolerance, protest and democratic transition: Survey evidence from 13 post-communist countries, European Journal of Political Research, 2004Compulsory
  • Klosko, G., Political tolerance: Balancing community and diversity., Journal of Politics, 1999Compulsory
  • Spinner-Halev, J., Hinduism, Christianity, and liberal religious toleration., Political Theory, 2005Compulsory
  • Weldon, S. A., The institutional context of tolerance for ethnic minorities: A comparative, multilevel analysis of Western Europe., American Journal of Political Science, 2006Compulsory
  • Widmalm, Sten, Tolerance in India, India Review, 2005Compulsory
  • Buruma, Ian; Myers, Joanne J., Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, Carnegie Council, 2006, Tillgänglig onlineCompulsory

Main group 3

  • Bell, Edward; Aitken Shermer, Julie; Vernon, Philip A., The Origins of Political Attitudes and Behavior., Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2009Compulsory
  • Brady, Henry E, Political Participation, Part of: Measures of political attitudes, San Diego, Calif., Academic Press, Press, c cop. 1999, p. 737–744 and 766–796.Compulsory
  • Mettler, Suzanne, Bringing the State Back In to Civic Engagement: Policy Feedback Effects of the G.I. Bill for World War II Veterans, American Political Science Review, 2002Compulsory
  • Micheletti, Michele, Consumer Choice as Political Participation, Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 2002Compulsory
  • Nagel, Jack H., Participation, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall ; a London : b Prentice-Hall International, c1987Compulsory
  • Teorell, Jan, Political participation and three theories of democracy: A research inventory and agenda, European Journal of Political Research, 2006Compulsory
  • Verba, Sidney, Voice and equality: civic voluntarism in American politics, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, cop. 1995Compulsory
  • Zetterberg, Pär, Do Gender Quotas Foster Women's Political Engagement? Lessons from Latin America, Political Research Quarterly, 2009Compulsory

Main group 4

  • Jenkins, J. C, Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements., Annual Review of Sociology, 1983Compulsory
  • Kitschelt, Herbert, Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movement in Four Democracies., British Journal of Political Science, 1986Compulsory
  • Goodwin, J.; Jasper, J. M.; Polletta, F., The Return of The Repressed: The Fall and Rise of Emotions in Social Movement Theory., Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2000Compulsory
  • Klandermans, B.; van der Toorn, J.; van Stekelenburg, J., Embeddedness and Identity: How Immigrants Turn Grievances into Action, American Sociological Review, 2008Compulsory
  • Earl, J., Tanks, Tear Gas, and Taxes: Toward a Theory of Movement Repression, Sociological Theory, 2003Compulsory
  • Oliver, Pamela, Repression and Crime Control: Why Social Movement Scholars Should Pay Attention to Mass Incarceration as a Form of Repression., Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2008Compulsory
  • Burstein, P.; Sausner, S., The incidence and impact of policy-oriented collective action: Competing views, Sociological Forum, 2005Compulsory
  • Amenta, E.; Caren, N.; Olasky, S. J., Age for leisure? Political mediation and the impact of the pension movement on US old-age policy, American Sociological Review, 2005Compulsory
  • McCammon, H. et al., Becoming Full Citizens: The U.S. Women's Jury Rights Campaigns, the Pace of Reform, and Strategic Adaptation, American Journal of Sociology, 2008Compulsory
  • Van Dyke, N.; McAdam, Doug; Wilhelm, Brenda, Gendered Outcomes: Gender Differences in The Biographical Consequences of Activism, Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2000Compulsory

Main group 5

  • Haugaard, Mark, Reflections on Seven Ways of Creating Power, European Journal of Social Theory, 2003Compulsory
  • Hayward, Clarissa; Lukes, Steven, Nobody to shoot? Power, structure, and agency: A dialogue, Journal of Power, 2008Compulsory
  • Hindess, Barry, Discourses of power: from Hobbes to Foucault, Oxford, Blackwell, 1996Compulsory

Main group 6

  • Arendt, Hannah, Eichmann in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil, Rev. and enl. ed., New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Penguin Books, 1994Compulsory
  • Zimbardo, Philip G., The Lucifer effect: understanding how good people turn evil, 1. ed., New York, Random House, cop. 2007Compulsory
  • Ross, L.; Ward, A., Naive Realism in Everyday Life: Implications for Social Conflict and Misunderstanding, Part of: Values and knowledge, Mahwah, N.J., Erlbaum, 1996Compulsory
  • Milburn, Michael A. et al., Childhood Punishment, Denial, and Political Attitudes, Political Psychology, 1995Compulsory
  • Jost, J.T. et al, Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition, Psychological Bulletin, 2003Compulsory
  • Pratto, F. et al., Social Dominance Theory and the Dynamics of Intergroup Relations: Taking Stock and Looking Forward, European Review of Social Psychology, 2006Compulsory
  • McDermott, R. et al., Monoamine Oxidase A gene (MAOA) Predicts Behavioral Aggression Following Provocation, PNAS, 2009Compulsory
  • Johnson, D.D.P. et al., Overconfidence in wargames: Experimental evidence on expectations, aggression, gender and testosterone, Proceedings of the Royal Society, 2006Compulsory
  • Bradley Hagert, Barbara, Can Your Genes Make You Murder?, NPR, 2010, Available onlineCompulsory

* Compulsory

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