Syllabus/achievement requirements

The texts marked with a "K" are to be found in compendiums sold at Kopiutsalget, Akademika bookshop.

Arter, David (1999/2008): Scandinavian Politics Today. Second Edition. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 343 pages.

Baldersheim, Harald (2004): "Nordic regions in a European Perspective”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Christensen, Tom (2004): "Modern state reforms”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Daloz, Jean-Pascal (2007): “Political Elites and Conspicuous Modesty: Norway, Sweden, Finland in Comparative Perspective”, in Comparative Social Research, Vol. 23, 173-212, Fronter

Economist (2003): Dancing to a new tune. A survey of the Nordic countries, London: The Economist, 14th June 2003. 14 pages K

Egeberg, Morten (2005): "The EU and the Nordic Countries: Organizing Diversity?" in Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne (eds.): The Member States of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 23 p. K

Ferrera, Maurizio and Rhodes, Martin (2000): 'Building a Sustainable Welfare State' , pp. 257-282 in Ferrera, Maurizio and Rhodes, Martin (eds.): Recasting European Welfare States. London: Frank Cass. 26 p. ISBN: K

Heidar, Knut (ed.) (2004): Nordic Politics. Comparative Perspectives, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (All chapters as specified.) 271 p.

Heidar, Knut (2004a): “State- and nation-building in the Nordic Area”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Heidar, Knut (2004b): “Parties and party systems”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Heidar, Knut (2004c): "Comparative Perspectives on the Northern Countries”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Knutsen, Oddbj?rn (2004): "Voters and social cleavages”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Matlary, Janne Haaland (2004): "The Nordics and the EU”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Mouritzen, Poul Erik (2010): "The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why"? chapter 2 in Harald Baldersheim and Larry Rose (eds.): Territorial Choice. The Politics of Boundaries and Borders. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 21 p. K

Narud, Hanne Marthe (2004): "Parliamentary nomination and political representation Representation - Group Representaion or Party Mandates?”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Nordby, Trond (2004): "Patterns of corporatist intermediation”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Nyhamar, Tore (2004): "Security policies from constraints to choice”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Raaum, Nina (2004): "The Presence of Women in Parliamentary Politics”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Rasch, Bj?rn Erik (2004): "Parliamentary Government”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Rose, Larry (2004): "Local government and politics”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Sandberg, Siv (2011): "The Nordic regions: Institutional development and public debate 1999-2009", chapter 2 in Harald Baldersheim et al. (eds.): The Rise of the networking region. Aldershot: Ashgate. 15 p. K

Saxi, H?kon Lunde (2010): "Norwegian and Danish Defence Policy: A Comparative analysis of the post-Cold War era”, in Defence and Security Studies, no. 1, pp. 61-125 65 p. Lenke

Selle, Per (2004): "Civil society in transition”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

Steen, Anton (2004): "The welfare state: Still viable?”, in Heidar ed. (2004).

S?rensen, ?ystein and Bo Str?th (1997): “Introduction: The Cultural Construction of Norden”, pp. 1-24 in ?ystein S?rensen and Bo Str?th, The Cultural Construction of Norden, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 24 p. K

SUM: 954 pages

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