Main Field of Study and progress level:
Political Science: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Political Science
Established by: Head of Department of Political Science, 2014-11-11
Required Knowledge
90 credits including an independent thesis in Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies or equivalent. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English A. Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.
Literature
Valid from:
2014 week 46
Political parties in multi-level polities : the Nordic countries compared Aylott Nicholas, Bergman Torbjörn, Blomgren Magnus Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2013 : 251 p. : ISBN: 0230243738 Search the University Library catalogue
Barber Benjamin R. Three scenarios for the future of technology and strong democracy Included in: Political science quarterly New York : Acad. of political science : 1886- :
Rules for the world : international organizations in global politics Barnett Michael N., Finnemore Martha Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : 2004 : 226 s. : ISBN: 0-8014-8823-0 (hft.) Search the University Library catalogue
European futures : five possible scenarios for 2010 Bertrand Gilles, Michalski Anna, Pench Lucio R. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar : cop. 2000 : xi, 117 s. : ISBN: 1-84064-450-8 ; Search the University Library catalogue
Borrás, Susana & Thomas Conzelmann Democracy, Legitimacy and Soft Modes of Governance in the EU Journal of European Integration 29 (5). : 2007 :
Scenario types and techniques: towards a user's guide Börjeson, L., Höjer, M., Dreborg, K. H., Ekvall, T , Finnveden, G. Futures, 38(7), 723-739. : 2006 :
The Euro Crisis and the State of European Democracy de Witte Bruno, Héritier Adrienne, Trechsel Alexander H. Florence: European University Institute : 2013 :
Goetz, Klaus H. & Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling The Europeanisation of national political systems: Parliaments and executives Living Reviews in European Governance 3 (2). : 2008 :
Hix Simon What's wrong with the European Union and how to fix it Cambridge : Polity : 2008 : xii, 220 s. : ISBN: 978-0-7456-4204-8 Search the University Library catalogue
Johansson, Karl Magnus & Tapio Raunio Organizing the Core Executive for European Union Affairs: Comparing Finland and Sweden Public Administration 88 (3). : 2010 :
Differentiated integration : explaining variation in the European Union Leuffen Dirk., Rittberger Berthold, Schimmelfennig Frank Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2013 : 287 p. : ISBN: 0230246443 Search the University Library catalogue
Lijphart, Arend Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method American Political Science Review 65 (3). : 1971 :
Lloyd, Bruce & John, Naisbitt Megatrends and global paradoxes Management Decision, Vol.32(7), p.28-32 : 1994 :
Michalski, Anna Social Welfare and the Levels of Democratic Government in the EU Journal of European Integration 34 (4) : 2012 :
Peters B. Guy Institutional theory in political science : the new institutionalism 3., [rev.] ed. : London : Continuum : 2012 : 222 s. : ISBN: 9781441192868 (hbk.) Search the University Library catalogue
Piattoni Simona The theory of multi-level governance : conceptual, empirical, and normative challenges Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press : 2010. : xiii, 301 p. : ISBN: 9780199562923 (hbk.) Search the University Library catalogue
Scharpf, Fritz W. The European Social Model: Coping with the Challenges of Diversity Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (4). : 2002 :
The global transformations reader : an introduction to the globalization debate Held David, McGrew Anthony 2. ed. : Cambridge : Polity Press : 2003 : vxiii, 602 s. : ISBN: 0-7456-3134-7 Search the University Library catalogue
The illusion of accountability in the European Union Gustavsson Sverker, Karlsson Christer, Persson Thomas London : Routledge : 2009 : xv, 192 p. : ISBN: 041548099X (hbk.) : Search the University Library catalogue
The Madisonian turn : political parties and parliamentary democracy in Nordic Europe Bergman Torbjörn, Strøm Kaare Ann Arbor, [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press : 2011. : x, 417 p. : ISBN: 0-472-11747-5 Search the University Library catalogue
The member states of the European Union Bulmer Simon, Lequesne Christian 2nd ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : cop. 2013. : 449 p. : ISBN: 0199544832 Search the University Library catalogue
