Books
Gallagher, Michael, Michael Laver and Peter Mair (2011, 5th edition): Representative Government in Modern Europe. New York: McGraw-Hill. (436 in total):
- Ch. 1 Introduction (23 s)
- Ch. 2 The Executive (24 s)
- Ch. 3 Parliaments (37 s)
- Ch. 4 Constitutions, Judges and Politics (32 s)
- Ch. 6 Central and Regional Governance (6.1-6.5) (17s)
- Ch. 8 Party Families (40)
- Ch. 10 Inside European Political Parties (40)
- Ch. 11 Elections, Electoral Systems and Referendums (46)
- Ch. 12 Making and Breaking Governments (46 s)
- Ch. 13 Politics outside Parliament (21 s)
- Ch. 14 Does Representative Government Make a Difference? (19 s)
Kernell, Samuel, Gary C Jacobson, Thad Kousser, The Logic of American Politics 7th ed., 2016, CQ Press. Utvalgte kapitler:
- 1: The logic of American politics (38 s)
- 3: Federalism (40)
- 6: Congress (60)
- 7: The Presidency (42)
- 9: The Federal Judiciary (40)
- 11: Voting, Campaigns, and elections (40)
- 12: Political parties (46)
- 13: Interest groups (38)
- 15: Is there a logic to American policy? (24)
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Rothstein, Bo (1996): “Political institutions: An overview”, in R.E. Goodin and H-D. Klingemann (eds.): A New Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 133-166 (33p)
Elgie, Robert (2015). "Heads of state in European politics", in José M. Magone (ed.), Routledge Handbook of European Politics. London, New York: Routledge, 311–327. (17p)
Lewis, P. (2015). “Parties and party systems in Central and Eastern Europe”, in José M. Magone (ed.), Routledge Handbook orf European Politics. London, New York: Routledge, 512-531. (20p)
Saalfeld, Thomas (2015). "Executive-legislative relations in Europe", in José M. Magone (ed.), Routledge Handbook of European Politics. London, New York: Routledge, 346–65. (20p)
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.
Casal Bértoa, Fernando (2012). “Parties, Regime and Cleavages: Explaining Party System Institutionalization in East Central Europe”. East European Politics, 28(4): 452-472 (21p)
Beyme, K. v. (2006). Political Institutions - Old and New. The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions. R. A. W. Rhodes, S. A. Binder and B. A. Rockman, Oxford University Press: 743-757, (14p)
Bielasiak, Jack (2002). "The Institutionalization of Electoral and Party Systems in Postcommunist States", Comparative Politics, 34:2, 189–210. (22p)
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. (12p)
Goetz, K.H. and Wollmann, H. (2001). “Governmentalizing central executives in post-communist Europe: a four-country comparison”, Journal of European Public Policy, 8(6): 864-887. (24p)
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. (26p)
Haughton, Tim, and Kevin Deegan-Krause (2015). "Hurricane Season: Systems of Instability in Central and East European Party Politics", East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, 29(2):61–80. (20p)
Kopecky, P. and Spirova, M. (2008). “Parliamentary Opposition in Post-Communist Democracies: Power of the Powerless”, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 14(1/2): 133-159. (p.27)
Mansfeldová, Zdenka (2011). "Central European Parliaments over Two Decades – Diminishing Stability? Parliaments in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia", The Journal of Legislative Studies, 17(2):128–46. (19p)
Marks, G., Hooghe, L., Nelson M., and Edwards, E. (2006) “Party Competition and European Integration in the East and West: Different Structure, Same Causality”, Comparative Political Studies, 39(2): 155-175. (21p)
Olson, D. M. & Norton, P. (2007). “Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: Divergent Paths from Transition”, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 13(1): 164–196. (33p)
Olson, David M., and Gabriella Ilonszki (2011). "Two Decades of Divergent Post-Communist Parliamentary Development", The Journal of Legislative Studies, 17:2, 234–255. (22p)
Pettai, V. and Madise, U., 2006. “The Baltic Parliaments: Legislative Performance from Independence to EU Accession”, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 12(3–4), 291–310. (20p)
Przeworski, Adam (2004): “Institutions Matter?” Government and Opposition Vol. 39 (4), p. 527–540 (13p)
Tanchev, E. (1993). "Parliamentarism Rationalised", East European Constitutional Review, 2:1, 33–34. (2p)
Zubek, R. (2011). “Negative Agenda Control and Executive–Legislative Relations in East Central Europe, 1997–2008”, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 17(2): 172–192 (21p)