Comparative European Politics

Comparative European Politics

• Articles (1) Parliaments and the Executive- Gallagher et al. Chapter 2 (The Executive)- Gallagher et al. Chapter 3 (Parliaments)Downloads:- Helms, Ludger (2004) "Germany: chancellors and the Bundestag" in The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2/3, pp. 98–108.- Kopecký, Petr (2004) "Power to the Executive! The Changing Executive-Legislative Relations in Eastern Europe" in The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2/3, pp. 142–153.2) Constitutions and judicial review in theory and practice- Gallagher et al. Chapter 4 (Constitutions, Judges, and Politics)- Gallagher et al. Chapter 6 (Levels of Governance)Download:- Horowitz, Donald L. (2006) "Constitutional Courts: A Primer for Decision Makers" in Journal of Democracy, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 125–137.- 3) Communist legacies and transitions from post-communismCourse reader: - Friedgut, Theodore H. (1979) "Introduction" in Political Participation in the USSR, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 3–10.- Friedrich, Carl J. and Zbigniew Brzezinski (1956/1965) "The General Characteristics of Totalitarian Dictatorship" in Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy, New York and London: Frederick A. Praeger, pp. 17–27.Downloads:- Howard, Marc Morjé (2002) "The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society" i Journal of Democracy, 13:1, 157–169.- McFaul, Michael (2005) "Transitions from Postcommunism" in Journal of Democracy, pp. 5–19.4) Party politics and political party organization - Gallagher et al. Chapter 7 (Patterns in Party Politics and Party Systems)- Gallagher et al. Chapter 10 (Inside European Political Parties)- Katz, Richard S. and Mair, Peter (1995) "Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy. The Emergence of the Cartel Party" in Party Politics, Vol. 1:1 pp. 5–28.Download:- Scarrow, Susan E. (2004) "Explaining Political Finance Reforms" in Party Politics, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 653–675.5) Trends in politics outside of parliament- Gallagher et al. Chapter 14 (Politics outside Parliament)Course reader:- Vibert, Frank (2007) excerpt from "Introduction" in The Rise of the Unelected. Democracy and the New Separation of Powers, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, pp. 1–15.- Elster, Jon (ed.)(1998) excerpt from "Introduction" in Deliberative Democracy, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, pp. 1–13.Download:- Rose-Ackermann, Susan (2007) "From Elections to Democracy in Central Europe: Public Participation and the Role of Civil Society" in East European Politics and Societies, 21:1, 31–47.)
• Gallagher, Michael; Laver, Michael; Mair, Peter, Representative government in modern Europe, 4. ed., Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2006