Syllabus/achievement requirements

C= Literature marked with a C are to be found in an article compilation which can be bought from Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus.

You can search the articles in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system.

You can access the e-books by searching in the University of Oslo Library database for books and e-books. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Press "Search BIBSYS" after typing the title. The search result will show if the book is available as an e-book.      

 

Albright, Jeremy (2010): “The Multidimensional Nature of Party Competition”, Party Politics, 16 (6): 699–719. 20 p.

Allan, James P. and Lyle Scruggs (2004): “Political Partisanship and Welfare State Reform in Advanced Industrial Societies”, American Journal of Political Science, 48 (3): 496–512. 16 p.

Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd (2014): “Political Parties as Organizations: from Structural Theory to the New Institutionalisms”. Unpublished discussion paper. 15 p. Will be available in Fronter.

Allern, Elin H., Nicholas Aylott and Flemming J. Christiansen (2007): “Social Democrats and Trade Unions in Scandinavia: The Decline and Persistence of Institutional Relationships”, European Journal of Political Research 46 (5): 607–35. 29 p. 

Allern, Elin H. and Tim Bale (2012): "Political Parties and Interest Groups: Disentangling Complex Relationships", Party Politics, 18 (1): 7-25. 16 p.

Bachrach, Peter and Morton S. Baratz (1962): “Two Faces of Power”, American Political Science Review 56 (4): 947-52. 6 p.

Baumgartner, Frank and Beth Leech (1998): Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups and in Politics and Political Science, ch. 1-4. 82 p. Available as E-book at the University of Oslo Library (may download PDF).

Beyers, Jan, Rainer Eising and William Maloney (2009): “Researching Interest Group Politics in Europe and Elsewhere: Much We Study, Little We Know?”, West European Politics, 31: 6: 1103-1128. 25 p.

van Biezen, Ingrid, Peter Mair and Thomas Poguntke (2012): “Going, going, . . . gone? The decline of party membership in contemporary Europe”, European Journal of Political Research, 51 (1): 24–56. 32 p.

Binderkrantz, Anne S. (2012): “Interest groups in the media: bias and diversity over time”, European Journal of Political Research 51: 117-139. 22 p.

Binderkrantz, Anne S. (forthcoming): “Legislatures, Lobbying and Interest Groups”, ch. in Martin, Shane, Thomas Saalfeld, and Kaare W. Str?m (eds):The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 17 p (?).

Binderkrantz, Anne S., and Simon Kr?yer. 2012. “Customizing Strategy: Policy Goals and Interest Group Strategies.” Interest Groups and Advocacy, 1(1): 115-38. 34 p.

Dahl, Robert A. (1957): “The Concept of Power”, Behavioural Science 2 (3): 401-215. 14 p.

Dalton, Russell J. David M. Farrell, and Ian McAllister (2011/2013): Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (chapter 1,2, 5-9). 185 p. Paperback to be purchased.

Diani, Mario (1992): “The Concept of Social Movement”, The Sociological Review 40 (1): 1-25. 24 p.

Duverger (1990): “Caucus, Branch, Cadre Parties and Mass Parties”, ch. 3 in Mair, Peter (red.): The West European Party System. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 9 p.C

Golden, M.M. (1998): “Interest groups in the rule-making process: Who participates? Whose voices get heard?”, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 8 (2): 245-270. 26 p.

Heidar, Knut (2013): “Parliamentary Party Groups: To Whom is the Midfield Accountable?”, ch. 7 in Wolfgang Müller & Hanne Marthe Narud (eds):  Party Governance and Party Democracy.  New York: Springer. 21 p. Will be available in Fronter.

Hopmann, David N., Christian Elmelund-Pr?stek?r, Erik Alb?k,  Rens Vliegenthart, and Claes H. de Vreese (2012): “Party Media Agenda-setting: How Parties Influence Election News Coverage”. Party Politics 18 (2): 173-91. 18 p.

Katz, Richard S. and Peter Mair (1995): “Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party”, Party Politics 1: 5-28. 24 p.

Keeman, Hans (2006): “Parties and Government: Features of Governing in Representative democracies”, ch. 14 in Katz, Richard S. og William Crotty (red.): Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage. 16 p. Available as E-book at the University of Oslo Library (may download PDF).

Klüver, Heike (2011): “The Contextual Nature of Lobbying: Explaining Lobbying Success in the European Union”, European Union Politics 12 (4): 483-506. 24 p.

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Anke Tresch and Margit Jochum (2007): “Going Public in the European Union: Action Reportoires of Western European Collective Political Actors”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1): 48–73. 25 p.

Mahoney, Christine (2007): "Networking vs. Allying: The Decision of Interest Groups to Join Coalitions in the US and the EU," Journal of European Public Policy, 14 (2): 366-383. 17 p.

Mahoney, Christine (2007): "Lobbying Success in the United States and the European Union", Journal of Public Policy 27 (2): 35-56. 21 p.

Müller, Wolfgang (2000): “Political parties in parliamentary democracies: making delegation and accountability work”, European Journal of Political Research 37: 309–333. 25 p.

Pomper, M. Gerald (1992): “Concepts of Political Parties”, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 4 (2): 143-159. 16 p.

Potter, Joshua D. (2013): “The Impact of Campaign Finance Laws on Party Competition”, British Journal of Political Science, FirstView Articles  Online, November 2013: 1-23. 23 p.

Rasmussen, Anne and Gert-Jan Lindeboom (2013): “Interest Group-Party Linkage in the 21st Century: Evidence from Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom”. European Journal for Political Research, 52 (2): 264–89. 25 p.

Saalfeld, Thomas and Kaare W. Str?m (forthcoming): “Political Parties and Legislators”, ch. in Martin, Shane, Thomas Saalfeld, and Kaare W. Str?m (eds): The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10 p (?).

Salisbury, Robert H. (1969): “An exchange Theory of Interest Groups”, Midwest Journal of Political Science, 13 (1): 1-32. 32 p.

Scarrow, Susan E. (2006): “The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Modern Political Parties: The Unwanted Emergence of Party-Based Politics”, ch. 3 in Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage. 10 s. Available as E-book at the University of Oslo Library (may download PDF).

Scarrow, Susan E., David Farrell & Paul Webb (2002): “From Social Integration to Electoral Contestation: The Changing Distribution of Power within Political Parties”, ch.7. in Dalton, Russel J. and Martin P. Wattenberg: Parties without Partisans. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 25 p. C

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2007): “New Modes of Campaigning”, ch. 40 in Dalton, Russell J. and Hans-Dieter Klingemann (eds): The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available as E-book at the University of Oslo Library (may download PDF). 20 p.

Str?m, Kaare (1990): “A Behavioral Theory of Competitive Political Parties”, American Journal of Political Science, 34 (2): 565-598. 33 p.

Vassallo, Francesca og Clyde Wilcox (2006): “Party as Carrier of Ideas”, ch. 35 in Katz, Richard S. og William Crotty (red.): Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage. 9 p. Available as E-book at the University of Oslo Library (may download PDF).

Yoho, James (1998): “The Evolution of a Better Definition of ‘Interest Group’ and its Synonyms”. Social Science Journal, 35 (2): 231-243. 12 p.

 

Total: ca. 978 pages.

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