Political Science B
30 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 2SK059
A revised version of the reading list is available.
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 and Politics i Comparative Perspective
- Butler, Judith; Weed, Elizabeth, The question of gender: Joan W. Scott's critical feminism, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2011Compulsory (Butler, Judith (2011) &
quot;Speaking up, talking back: Joan Scott's critical feminism") - Phillips, Anne., Feminism and politics, New York, Oxford University Press, 1998Compulsory
- Beneria, Lourdes; Berik, Günseli.; Floro, Maria., Gender, development and globalization: economics as if all people mattered, 2. ed., New York, Routledge, 2016Compulsory
- Lister, Ruth, Gendering citizenship in Western Europe: new challenges for citizenship research in a cross-national context, Bristol, Policy, 2007Compulsory (Introduction (p 1–16), chapter 1 (p 17–47), and Conclusion (p. 167–176).)
- Okin, Susan Moller, Is multiculturalism bad for women?, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, cop. 1999Compulsory (Available as e-book Please read the following chapters: - &
quot;Introduction" (Cohen, Howard and Nussbaum) - & quot;Is Multiculturalism bad for women?" (Okin) - & quot;Liberal Complacencies" (Kymlicka) - & quot;A Plea for Difficulty" (Nussbaum) - & quot;Reply" (Okin)) - Phillips, Anne., The politics of presence, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1995Compulsory (Please read chapters 1 and 3.)
- Scott, Joan Wallach., Parité!: Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French UniversalismCompulsory (Please read chapters 2 and 3.)
Articles will be added
The Political System of the European Union
- 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
Policy Analysis and Public administration
- Jacobsson, Bengt; Pierre, Jon; Sundström, Göran, Governing the embedded state: the organizational dimension of governance, 1. ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015Compulsory
- Knill, Christoph; Tosun, Jale, Public policy: a new introduction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Compulsory
- Kuhlmann, Sabine; Wollmann, Hellmut, Introduction to comparative public administration: administrative systems and reforms in Europe, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, cop. 2014Compulsory
Articles and course reader 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
- Esaiasson, Peter et al., Metodpraktikan: konsten att studera samhälle, individ och marknad, Femte upplagan, Stockholm, Wolters Kluwer, 2017Compulsory
- Beckman, Ludvig, Grundbok i idéanalys: det kritiska studiet av politiska texter och idéer, Stockholm, Santérus, 2005Compulsory
- 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
- 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
- Mounk, Yascha, The people vs. democracy: why our freedom is in danger and how to save it, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, [2018]Compulsory
Articles and some comparative classics will be added
Political Theory
- Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary political philosophy: an introduction, 2. ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002 [dvs. 2001]Compulsory
Articles will be added
Swedish politics
- Lindvall, Johannes et al., SNS Demokratirapport 2017. Samverkan och strid i den parlamentariska demokration, nnnnCompulsory
- Jansson, Jenny, Manufacturing consensus: the making of the Swedish reformist working class, Uppsala, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Univ., 2012Compulsory
- Kronvall, Olof; Petersson, Magnus, Svensk säkerhetspolitik i supermakternas skugga 1945-1991, 2. [rev.] uppl., Stockholm, Santérus Academic Press Sweden, 2012Compulsory
Environmental Politics and Its Challenges
The course readings comprise of a number of scientific articles.
EnGendering International Development
The course readings comprise of a number of scientific articles and book-chapters.
* Compulsory
Syllabus
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- 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