Comparative Politics
15 credits
Reading list, Master's level, 2SK128
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Main group 1
Part I: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives on Development
- Kohli, Atul., State-directed development: political power and industrialization in the global periphery, Cambridge, UK ; a New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004Compulsory
- Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther, Poor economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty, 1. ed., New York, Public Affairs, c2011Compulsory
Articles will be added
Part II: Civil Society, Democratic Consolidation and Regime Change in Eastern Europe
- Howard, Marc Morjé, The weakness of civil society in post-communist Europe, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2003Compulsory
- Bunce, Valerie; Wolchik, Sharon L., Defeating authoritarian leaders in postcommunist countries, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2011Compulsory
- Widmalm, Sten, Decentralisation, Corruption and Social Capital: From India to the West, Sage Publications, 2008Compulsory
- Rothstein, Bo, The quality of government: corruption, social trust, and inequality in international perspective, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2011Compulsory
Part IV: The role of political mobilisation in a modern world
- Luders, Joseph E., The civil rights movement and the logic of social change, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010Compulsory
- From contention to democracy, Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield, cop. 1998Compulsory
Articles will be added
Part V: Modern China
- Fewsmith, Joseph, The logic and limits of political reform in China, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013Compulsory
Articles will be added
* Compulsory
Syllabus
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- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2020
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2019
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2018
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2017
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2016
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2015
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2014