Students attending Master's courses will be able to participate on a library course. At the course you will learn how to do searches in both national and international databases, and you will have the opportunity to search the articles that is on your curriculum.The course is voluntary, but we strongly recommend that students attend. More information to come.
Book
Colomer, J. (Ed.) (2008): Comparative European Politics. London: Routledge:
Budge, Ian (2008). Great Britain and Ireland: Variations in party government, pp. 17-57. 40 pp.
Colomer, J. M. (2008). Spain and Portugal. Rule by party leadership, pp. 174-207. 33 pp.
Keman, H. (2008). The Low Countries. Confrontation and coalition in segmented societies, pp. 208-45. 37 pp.
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Caramani, Daniele (2011): Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 5, 17 pp.
Clift, B. (2005). Dyarchic Presidentialization in a Presidentialized Polity: The French Fifth Republic. In Poguntke T. and Webb, P. (Eds.), The presidentialization of politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 221-245, 25 pp.
Cole, A., Meunier, S. and Tiberj, V. (eds) (2013). Developments in French Politics 5, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapters 6-7, 34 pp.
Duvold, K., and Jukynas, M. (2013). Lithuania. In Berglund, S., Ekman, J., Deegan-Krause. K., and Knutsen, T. (Eds.), The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe, Third Edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 125-167, 43 pp.
Fiers, S., and Krouwel, A. (2005). The Low Countries: From ‘Prime Minister’ to President-Minister. In Poguntke T. and Webb, P. (Eds.), The presidentialization of politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 128-158, 31 pp.
Gallagher, M. (2005). The discrete charm of PR-STV. In Gallagher, M. and Mitchell, P. (Eds.), The Politics of Electoral Systems, Oxford: OUP, pp. 511-532. 22 pp.
Hopkin, J. (2005). Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes. In Gallagher, M. and Mitchell, P. (Eds.): The Politics of Electoral Systems, Oxford: OUP, pp. 375-394, 20 pp.
Kasapovic, M. (2008). Semi-presidentialism in Croatia. In Elgie, R. (ed.) Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 51-64, 14 pp.
Knapp, A., and Wright, V. (2006). The Government and Politics of France. London: Routledge. Chapters 4-6, 86 pp.
Krasovec, A. and Lajh, D. (2008). Slovenia: weak formal position, strong informal influence. In Elgie, R. (ed.) Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 201-218, 18 pp.
Lijphart, A. (1999). Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press. Chapters, 1-3, 47 pp.
Marsh, D., and Stoker, G. (2010). Theory and methods in political science, Basingstoke: Palgrave, Ch. 14, pp. 285-307, 23 pp.
Mikko, L., and Vogt, H. (2013). Estonia. In Berglund, S., Ekman, J., Deegan-Krause. K., and Knutsen, T. (Eds.): The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe, Third Edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 51-84. 34 pp.
?edo, Jakub (2010). Party system of Croatia. In Stojarová, V. and Emerson, P. (Eds.) Party Politics in the Western Balkans, London: Routledge, pp. 73-84, 12 pp.
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.
Amorim Neto, O., and Lobo M. (2009). Portugal's semi-presidentialism (re)considered: An assessment of the president's role in the policy process, 1976-2006. European Journal of Political Research, 48(2):234-255. 21 pp.
Andeweg, Rudy B (2008). Coalition politics in the Netherlands: From accommodation to politicization. Acta Politica, 43:254-277. 23pp.
Andrews, J. T., and Jackman, R. W. (2005). Strategic fools: electoral rule choice under extreme uncertainty. Electoral Studies, 24(1):65–84. 19 pp.
Aylott, N. (2014). A Question of Priorities: Candidate Selection in Estonian Political Parties. Journal of Baltic Studies, 45(3):321-344.23 pp.
Bale, T., and Szczerbiak. A. (2008). Why Is There No Christian Democracy in Poland – and Why Should We Care? Party Politics, 14(4):479–500. 21 pp.
Bardi, L. (2007). Electoral Change and Its Impact on the Party System in Italy. West European Politics, 30(4):711-732. 21 pp.
Bennister, M. and Hefferan, R. (2012). Cameron as Prime Minister: The Intra-Executive Politics of Britain’s Coalition Government. Parliamentary Affairs, 65(4):778-801. 23 pp.
Benoit, K., and Hayden, J. (2004). Institutional Change and Persistence: The Evolution of Poland's Electoral System, 1989–2001. The Journal of Politics, 66(2):396-427. 31 pp.
Benoit, K. (2007). Electoral Laws as Political Consequences: Explaining the Origins and Change of Electoral Institutions. Annual Review of Political Science, 10(1):363–390. 27 pp.
Bielasiak, J., and Hulsey, J. W. (2013). Party system determinants of electoral reform in post-communist states. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 46(1):1-12.11 pp.
Bormann, N.-C. and Golder, M. (2013). Democratic Electoral Systems around the world, 1946–2011. Electoral Studies, 32:360–369. 9 pp.
Bull, M. & Pasquino, G. (2007). A Long Quest in Vain: Institutional Reforms in Italy. West European Politics, 30(4):670-691. 21 pp.
Bulsara, H. and Kissane, B. (2009). Arend Lijphart and the transformation of Irish democracy. West European Politics, 32 (1): 172-195. 23 pp.
Capoccia, G. (2002). The political consequences of electoral laws: the German system at fifty. West European Politics, 25(3):171-202. 31 pp.
De Winter, L., Swyngedouw, M. and Dumont, P. (2006). Party system(s) and electoral behaviour in Belgium: From stability to balkanisation. West European Politics, 29(5):933-956. 23 pp.
Deschouwer, K. (2009). Coalition Formation and Congruence in a Multi-layered Setting: Belgium 1995–2008. Regional & Federal Studies, 19(1):13-35. 22 pp.
Fabbrini, S. (2012). The institutional odyssey of the Italian Parliamentary Republic. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 17(1):10-24. 14 pp.
Field, B. (2009). Minority Government and Legislative Politics in a Multilevel State: Spain under Zapatero. South European Society and Politics, 14(4):417-434. 17 pp.
Flinders, M. (2005). Majoritarian Democracy in Britain: New Labour and the Constitution. West European Politics, 28(1):61-93. 32 pp.
Flinders, M. (2011). Constitutional stretching: coalition governance and the Westminster model. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 49(4): 486-509. 23 pp.
Freire, A. (2010). A New Era in Democratic Portugal? The 2009 European, Legislative and Local Elections. South European Society and Politics, 15(4):593-613. 20 pp.
Gallagher, M. (2011). Parties and Referendums in Ireland 1937–2011. Irish Political Studies, 26(4): 535-544. 9 pp.
Gherghina, S., and Miscoiu, S. (2013). The Failure of Cohabitation: Explaining the 2007 and 2012 Institutional Crises in Romania. East European Politics & Societies, 27(4):668-684. 16 pp.
Gwiazda, A. (2009). Poland’s quasi-institutionalized party system: the importance of elites and institutions. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 10(3):350-375. 25 pp.
Kra?ovec, A. and Haughton, T. (2011). Money, organization and the state: the partial cartelization of party politics in Slovenia. Communist and Post-communist Studies, 44(3): 199–209. 10 pp.
Kropp, S. (2010). The Ubiquity and strategic complexity of grand coalitions in the German Federal System. German Politics, 19(3-4):286-311. 25 pp.
Mair, P. (2008). Electoral Volatility and the Dutch Party System: A Comparative Perspective. Acta Politica, 43: 235-253. 18 pp.
Marian, C. G. and King, R. F. (2010). Plus ?a change: Electoral law reform and the 2008 Romanian parliamentary elections. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 43(1):7-18. 11 pp.
Martinaitis, ?. (2012). Explaining Electoral Reforms in Lithuania. Journal of Baltic Studies, 43(3):389-400. 11 pp.
Pop-Eleches, G. (2008). A party for all seasons: Electoral adaptation of Romanian Communist successor parties. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 41 (4): 465-479. 14 pp.
Total required reading: 1130 pages
Extra non-compulsory Reading
This literature is not part of the required reading. The purpose of the recommended reading is to broaden and deepen the understanding of the subjects addressed in the course.
Special Issue of Irish Political Studies, December 2012, vol. 27, no. 4, on “The Politics of the Irish Presidency”.
Special Issue of Irish Political Studies, December 2010, vol. 25, no. 4, on “Minor Parties in Irish Political Life”.
French Politics, “Best of the Sarkozy presidency” special collection.
Special issue of Parliamentary Affairs, 2013, vol. 66, no. 1, on “French Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2012”.
Special issue of Modern & Contemporary France, 2002, vol. 10, no. 3 on Cohabitation and the 1997-2002 government.
Special issue of German Politics, 2013, vol. 22, no. 1-2, on “Mapping the Transformation: The CDU in Flux”.
Special issue of German Politics, 2013, vol. 19, no. 3-4, on “Grand Coalition as Systemic Transformation? The German Experience”.
Special Issue of West European Politics, 2007, vol. 30, no. 4, on “Italy: A Contested Polity”.
Special Issue of South European Society and Politics, 2013, vol. 18, no. 1 on “The Radical Left in Southern Europe: Bringing Society Back In?”.
Special Issue of South European Society and Politics, 2012, vol. 17, no. 2 on “Elections in Hard Times: Southern Europe, 2010–11”.
Special Issue of South European Society and Politics, 2012, vol. 17, no. 3 on “Voters and Parties in the Spanish Political Space”.
Special Issue of South European Society and Politics, 2006, vol. 11, no. 3-4 on “Party Change in Southern Europe”.
Special Issue of Journal of Baltic Studies, 2001, vol. 32, no. 2, on Lithuanian Politics.
Special Issue of Journal of Baltic Studies, 2009, vol. 40, no. 1, on “From Post-Communism to the EU: Estonia's Transition 20 Years on”.
Special Issue of Journal of Legislative Studies, 2011, 17(2), “Post-Communist Parliaments: Change and Stability in the Second Decade”.
Special section of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, on “Romania Twenty Years on”.
A collection of blogs on European politics:
EUROPP | European Politics and Policy - LSE Blogs
LSEE – Research on South Eastern Europe
The Monkey Cage – Washington Post Blog (look for election and pre-election reports)
Presidential Power – Presidents and Presidential Politics around the World
Dr Sean's Diary | Politics in Central and Eastern Europe Blog