Political Science B
30 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 2SK059
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Problems of Democracy
- Oskarsson, Sven; Widmalm, Sten, Myt eller verklighet: om samband mellan demokrati och ekonomisk tillväxt, Stockholm, Norstedt, 2010Compulsory
- Dahl, Robert A., Democracy and its critics, New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, cop. 1989Compulsory (svenska översättningen går också bra)
Articles will be added
Gender, Power and Institutions
Kursen ges höstterminen 2014
- Mackay, Fiona.; Krook, Mona Lena., Gender, politics and institutions: towards a feminist institutionalism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Compulsory
Articles will be added
The Political System of the European Union
Kursen ges höstterminen 2014
- Hix, Simon.; Høyland, Bjørn., The political system of the European Union, 3. ed., Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Compulsory
- Bulmer, Simon; Lequesne, Christian, The member states of the European Union, 2nd ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, cop. 2013Compulsory
- Tallberg, Jonas, Europeiseringen av Sverige, Stockholm, SNS förlag, 2010Compulsory
Articles will be added
Organising power
Kursen ges höstterminen 2014
- Hertting, Nils; Vedung, Evert, Den utvärderingstäta politiken: styrning och utvärdering i svensk storstadspolitik, 1. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2009Compulsory
- Persson, Thomas; Wiberg, Matti, Parliamentary government in the Nordic countries at a crossroads: coping with challenges from Europeanisation and presidentialisation, Stockholm, Santérus Academic Press, 2011Compulsory
- Implementing public policy: Third edition 2014Compulsory (Hill, Michael J.q (Michael James); Hupe, Peter L.)
Articles and course reader will be added
Development Theory and Colonial Legacies
Kursen ges höstterminen 2014
- Cooper, Frederick, Africa since 1940: the past of the present, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002Compulsory
- Larson, Brooke., Trials of nation making: liberalism, race, and ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910., New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004Compulsory
- The new Cambridge history of India.: 3 [The Indian empire and the beginnings of modern society], 4 Ideologies of the Raj, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996Compulsory
- Harding, Sandra G., The postcolonial science and technology studies reader, Durham, [N.C.], Duke University Press, 2011Compulsory
- The Oxford history of the British Empire.: Vol. 3 The nineteenth century, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999Compulsory (Washbrook, David. "India 1818–1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism" pp. 395–421)
- Rist, Gilbert, The History of Development: from Western origins to global faith, Fourth edition., London, Zed books, 2014Compulsory (pp. 25- 139)
Articles will be added
International Politics
- Reus-Smit, Christian; Snidal, Duncan, The Oxford handbook of international relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010Compulsory (Paperback edition)
Articles will be added
Methods
- Bryman, Alan, Samhällsvetenskapliga metoder, 2., [rev.] uppl., Malmö, Liber, 2011Compulsory (Chapter 1–5 and 15–23 Available in English: "Social Research Methods" Oxford University Press)
Articles and course material will be added
Comparative Politics
Kursen ges vårterminen 2014
- O'Shea, Stephen., Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the medieval Mediterranean world, 1st. pbk. ed., New York, Walker & Co, 2007Compulsory
- Buruma, Ian, Murder in Amsterdam: liberal Europe, Islam, and the limits of tolerance, [New ed.], New York, Penguin, 2007Compulsory
- Lijphart, Arend, Democracy in plural societies :a comparative exploration, New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, cop. 1977Compulsory (or any other edition)
- Widmalm, Sten, Kashmir in comparative perspective: democracy and violent separatism in India, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2006Compulsory (Make sure you get this particular edition!)
Articles and some comparative classics will be added
Political Theory
Kursen ges vårterminen 2014
- Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary political philosophy: an introduction, 2. ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002 [dvs. 2001]Compulsory
- Okin, Susan Moller, Is multiculturalism bad for women?, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, cop. 1999Compulsory
- Singer, Peter, One world: the ethics of globalization, New Haven, Conn. ; a London, Yale University Press, 2004Compulsory
Articles will be added
Swedish politics
Kursen ges vårterminen 2014
- Bergman, Helena; Eriksson, Maria; Klinth, Roger, Föräldraskapets politik: från 1900- till 2000-tal, 1. uppl., Stockholm, Dialogos, 2011Compulsory
- Holmström, Mikael, Den dolda alliansen: Sveriges hemliga NATO-förbindelser, 3. uppl., Stockholm, Atlantis, 2012Compulsory
- Lindbom, Anders, Systemskifte?: den nya svenska välfärdspolitiken, 1. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2011Compulsory
- Naurin, Daniel, Den demokratiske lobbyisten., Umeå, Boréa, 2001Compulsory
- Olsson, Stefan, Den svenska högerns anpassning till demokratin, Uppsala, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2000Compulsory
Articles and course reader will be added
Environmental Politics and Its Challenges
Kursen ges vårterminen 2014
- Ostrom, Elinor, Governing the commons: the evolution of institutions for collective action, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990Compulsory
Articles will be added
* Compulsory
Syllabus
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2023
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2023
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2022
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2021
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2020, version 2
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2020, version 1
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2019
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2018
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2017
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2016
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2015
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2015
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2014
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2013
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2012
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2011
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2010, version 2
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2010, version 1
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2009, version 2
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2009, version 1
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2008
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2007