Thematic overview of the syllabus
Books
European Politics Textbook
Gallagher, Michael, Michael Laver og Peter Mair (2011, 5th edition): Representative Government in Modern Europe. New York: McGraw-Hill. (436 in total):
- Ch. 1 Introduction (23 s)
- Ch. 2 The Executive (24 s)
- Ch. 3 Parliaments (37 s)
- Ch. 4 Constitutions, Judges and Politics (32 s)
- Ch. 6 Central and Regional Governance (6.1-6.5) (17s)
- Ch. 7 Patterns in Party Politics and Party Systems (43)
- Ch. 8 Party Families (40)
- Ch. 9 Cleavage Structures and Electoral Change (48)
- Ch. 10 Inside European Political Parties (40)
- Ch. 11 Elections, Electoral Systems and Referendums (46)
- Ch. 12 Making and Breaking Governments (46 s)
- Ch. 13 Politics outside Parliament (21 s)
- Ch. 14 Does Representative Government Make a Difference? (19 s)
Central and East European Politics Textbook
Nikolenyi, Csaba. (2014). Institutional Design and Party Government in Post-Communist Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press (122 in total)
- Ch. 1 Introduction (22p)
- Ch. 2 Post-Communist Institutional Design: Electoral Systems, Parliaments and Presidents (21p)
- Ch. 3 Political Institutions and Electoral Coalitions (20p)
- Ch. 5 The Institutional Sources of Minority Governments (16p)
- Ch. 6 The Institutional Sources of Cabinet Duration (15p)
- Appendix A-B (28p)
See also relevant sections in Gallagher, Laver and Mair
American Politics Textbook
Smith, Steven S, Jasen M. Roberts and Ryan J. Vander Wielen (2013) The American Congress, 8th edition, Cambridge University Press (336 in total)
- Ch. 2: Representation and Lawmaking in Congress: The Constitutional and Historical Context (29 p)
- Ch. 3: Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments (33 p)
- Ch. 4: Members, Goals, Resources, and Strategies (37 p)
- Ch. 5: Parties and Leaders (41 p)
- Ch. 6: The Standing Committees (43 p)
- Ch. 7: The Rules of the Legislative Game (31 p)
- Ch. 8: The Floor and Voting (27 p)
- Ch. 9: Congress and the President (37 p)
- Ch. 10: Congress and the Courts (29 p)
- Ch. 11: Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest Groups (29 p)
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Rothstein, Bo (1996): “Political institutions: An overview”, in R.E. Goodin and H-D. Klingemann (eds.): A New Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 133-166 (33p)
Downloadable articles, books and other texts
You can search the articles and e-books in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Contact the Reference Services at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library if you have problems finding the literature.
Beyme, K. v. (2006). Political Institutions - Old and New. The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions. R. A. W. Rhodes, S. A. Binder and B. A. Rockman, Oxford University Press: 743-757, (14p)
Olson, D. M. & Norton, P. (2007). Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: Divergent Paths from Transition. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 13(1): 164–196 (33p)
Przeworski, Adam (2004): “Institutions Matter?” Government and Opposition Vol. 39 (4), p. 527–540 (13p)
Zubek, R. (2011). Negative Agenda Control and Executive–Legislative Relations in East Central Europe, 1997–2008. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 17(2): 172–192 (21p)
Sum: 1008 pages