Political Science B
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 2SK059
Problems of Democracy
- Dahl, Robert A., Democracy and its critics, New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, cop. 1989Compulsory
- Mudde, Cas; Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal, Populism: a very short introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017Compulsory
- Oskarsson, Sven; Widmalm, Sten, Myt eller verklighet: om samband mellan demokrati och ekonomisk tillväxt, Stockholm, Norstedt, 2010Compulsory
- Widmalm, Sten; Oskarsson, Sven, Prometokrati: mellan diktatur och demokrati, 1. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2010Compulsory (Selections. Available at the Student Portal)
Articles will be added
Gender, Power and Institutions
Kursen ges höstterminen 2017
- Mackay, Fiona.; Krook, Mona Lena., Gender, politics and institutions: towards a feminist institutionalism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Compulsory
- Brantenberg, Gerd, Egalia's daughters: a satire of the sexes, Emeryville, CA, Seal Press, 2004Compulsory
Articles will be added
The Political System of the European Union
Kursen ges höstterminen 2017
- 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
Articles will be added
Organising power
Kursen ges höstterminen 2017
- Hertting, Nils; Vedung, Evert, Den utvärderingstäta politiken: styrning och utvärdering i svensk storstadspolitik, 1. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2009Compulsory
- Knill, Christoph; Tosun, Jale, Public policy: a new introduction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Compulsory
- 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
- Persson, Thomas, Policy Coordination under Minority and Majority Rule, Part of: The Oxford handbook of Swedish politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, p. s.634–649Compulsory
- Wockelberg, Helena, Why "Multi-Level" and "Governance" are Concepts of Relevance for our Understanding of Member State Implementation of EU Law, Part of: Administrative law beyond the state: Nordic perspectives, 1. ed., Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013, p. 32–46Compulsory
- Wockelberg, Helena, Så arbetar svenska regeringar, Part of: Regeringsmakten i Sverige: ett experiment i parlamentarism 1917-2009, 1. uppl., Stockholm, SNS förlag, 2010, p. 106–142Compulsory
- Wockelberg, Helena; Ahlbäck Öberg, Shirin, Ansvarsfullt ansvarsutkrävande, om bruk och missbruk av KU, Part of: Statsvetare ifrågasätter: Uppsalamiljön vid tiden för professorsskiftet den 31 mars 2008, Uppsala, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008, p. 299–312Compulsory
Articles and course reader will be added
Development Theory and Colonial Legacies
Kursen ges höstterminen 2017
- Cooper, Frederick, Africa since 1940: the past of the present, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002Compulsory
- Eriksson Baaz, Maria, The paternalism of partnership: a postcolonial reading of identity in development aid, New York ; London, Zed Books, cop. 2005Compulsory
- 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
- Osterhammel, Jürgen, Colonialism: a theoretical overview, 2nd Markus Wiener Publishers ed., Princeton, NJ, Markus Wiener Publishers, 2004Compulsory
- Washbrook, David, India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism, Part of: The Oxford history of the British Empire.: Vol. 3 The nineteenth century, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999, vol. 3, p. 395–421Compulsory
Articles will be added
International Politics
- Reus-Smit, Christian; Snidal, Duncan, The Oxford handbook of international relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010Compulsory (Paperback edition)
- Betts, Richard K., The Delusion of Impartial Intervention, Part of: Turbulent peace: the challenges of managing international conflict., Washington, D.C., United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001, p. 285–294Compulsory
Articles will be added
Methods
- Beckman, Ludvig, Grundbok i idéanalys: det kritiska studiet av politiska texter och idéer, Stockholm, Santérus, 2005Compulsory
- Esaiasson, Peter et al., Metodpraktikan: Konsten att studera samhälle, individ och marknad, 4. uppl., Norstedts Juridik AB, 2012Compulsory
- Teorell, Jan; Svensson, Torsten, Att fråga och att svara: samhällsvetenskaplig metod, 1. uppl., Stockholm, Liber, 2007Compulsory
Articles and course material will be added
Comparative Politics
Kursen ges vårterminen 2018
Disclaimer: the course will be given according to the proposed outline given that there will be enough teachers available to teach in the course.
- Buruma, Ian, Murder in Amsterdam: the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance, Pbk ed., London, Atlantic Books, 2006Compulsory
- Tarrow, Sidney G., Power in movement: social movements and contentious politics, Rev. & updated 3rd ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011Compulsory
- Widmalm, Sten, Political tolerance in the global south: images of India, Pakistan and Uganda, London, Routledge, 2016Compulsory
Articles and some comparative classics will be added
Political Theory
Kursen ges vårterminen 2018
- Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary political philosophy: an introduction, 2. ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002 [dvs. 2001]Compulsory
- 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 2018
- Garsten, Christina; Rothstein, Bo; Svallfors, Stefan, Makt utan mandat: de policyprofessionella i svensk politik, 1. uppl., Stockholm, Dialogos, 2015Compulsory
- Holmström, Mikael, Den dolda alliansen: Sveriges hemliga NATO-förbindelser, 3. uppl., Stockholm, Atlantis, 2012Compulsory
- Jansson, Jenny, Manufacturing consensus: the making of the Swedish reformist working class, Uppsala, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Univ., 2012Compulsory
Articles and course reader will be added
Environmental Politics and Its Challenges
Kursen ges vårterminen 2018
The course readings comprise of a number of scientific articles.
* 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