Curriculum
Austvik, Ole Gunnar, 2009, “The political economy of European Economic integration” in Austvik: The Norwegian State as a Natural Gas Entrepreneur. The Impact of the EEA Agreement and EU Gas Market Liberalization, Disseration for the Degree of dr.philos. Faculty of Social ciences. Department of Political Science. University of Oslo. Unipub series no 161. (SECTION 1.2-1.6) Page 47-88. 41 s.
Caporaso, James (2007), "The Three Worlds of Regional Integration Theory", Ch 2 in Paolo Graziano & Maarten P. Vink, Europeanization. New Research Agendas. Houndsmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 11 p. C
CESinfo (2012), The EEAG Report on the European Economy 2012. Munchen: CESIfo Group. Chapters 2 & 3.
Curtin, Deirdre and Egeberg, Morten (2008) 'Tradition and innovation: Europe's accumulated executive order'. West European Politics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 639-61. 23 p.
Daugbjerg, Carsten and Alan Swinbank (2007), "The Politics of CAP Reform: Trade Negotiations, Institutional Settings and Blame Avoidance", Journal of Common Market Studies. Volume 45, Issue 1: 1-22. 22 p.
Eriksen, Erik Oddvar & John Erik Fossum (2012), Rethinking Democracy and the European Union. London: Routledge. Ch. 2,3,4,9. 80 p.
Gerhards, Jürgen and Silke Hans (2011), "Why not Turkey? Attitudes towards Turkish Membership in the EU among Citizens in 27 European Countries", Journal of Common Market Studies 49 (4): 741-766. 26 p.
Hill, Christopher & Michael Smith (eds) (2011), International Relations and the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5, 95 p.
Hix, Simon & Abdul Noury (2009), "After enlargement: Voting patterns in the sixth European Parliament", Legislative Studies Quarterly, XXXIV, 2, May 2009, pp. 159–174. 16 p.
Hix, Simon & Michael Marsh (2007), "Punishment or Protest? Understanding European Parliament Elections", The Journal of Politics, Vol. 69, No. 2, May 2007, pp. 495–510 15 p.
Mair, Peter & Jacques Thomassen (2010), "Political representation and government in the European Union", Journal of European Public Policy, 17:1, January 2010, pp. 20–35. 16 p.
Majone, Giandomenico (1998), "Europe’s ‘Democratic Deficit’: The Question of Standards", European Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1998, pp 5–28. 24 p.
Marks, Gary, Liesbet Hooghe, and Kermit Blank (1996) 'European integration from the 1980s: State-centric v multi-level governance'. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 341-78. 38 p.
Moravcsik, Andrew & Frank Schimmelfennig (2009), "Liberal Intergovernmentalism", Ch. 4 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 21 p.
Moravcsik, Andrew & Milada Anna Vachudova (2005), "Preferences, power and equilibrium", Ch. 9. in Frank Schimmelfennig & Ulrich Sedelmeier, The Politics of European Union Enlargement. Theoretical Approaches. London: Routledge. C
Moravcsik, Andrew (2002), "In Defence of the ‘Democratic Deficit’: Reassessing Legitimacy in the European Union", Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 603–24. 21 p.
Nugent, Neill (2006), "Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes." Chapter 18 (pp. 455-483) in Nugent, Neill, The Government and Politics of the European Union. Sixth edition. Palgrave & McMillan. 28 p. Fronter
Oberthür, Sebastian (2011), "The European Union's Performance in the International Climate Change Regime", Journal of European Integration, Volume 33, Issue 6, 2011: 667-682. 15 p.
Peters, B. Guy & Jon Pierre (2009), "Governance Approaches". In Wiener, Antje & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (chapter 5, pages 91–104).
Petreski, Marjan (2007), Is the Euro Zone an Optimal Currency Area? University of American college - Skopje. Working paper series SSRN-id986483.
Pollack, Mark A (2009), "The New Institutionalisms and European Integration", Ch. 7 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 19 s.
Risse, Thomas (2009), "Social Constructivism and European Integration", Ch. 8 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 17 p.
Roland, Gérard (2009), "Legislative behavior in the European Parliament", CESifo Economic Studies, vol. 55, 1/2009, pp. 15–29. 14 p.
Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004), "Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe", Journal of European Public Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2004, pp. 661–679 19 p.
Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier (2005), "The Politics of EU enlargement", Ch. 1 in Schimmelfennig & Sedelmeier, The Politics of European Union Enlargement. Theoretical Approaches. London: Routledge. 42 p. C
Schimmelfennig, Frank (2001), "The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union". International Organization Vol. 55, 1, Winter 2001, pp. 47–80. 33 p.
Schmitt, Hermann & Thomassen, Jacques (2009), "The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement", Journal of European Integration, Volume 31, no. 5, pp. 569–587. 18 p.
Schmitt, Hermann (2005), "The European Parliament Elections of June 2004: Still Second-Order?", West European Politics, Vol 28, issue 3, pp 650–679. 29 p.
Scicluna, Nicole (2011), "When Failure isn’t Failure: European Union Constitutionalism after the Lisbon Treaty", Journal of Common Market Studies, 50 (3): 441-456. 15 p. Skj?rseth, Jon Birger and J?rgen Wettestad (2009). "The origin, evolution and consequences of the EU emissions trading system": Global Environmental Politics 9 (2): 101-122. 22 p.
Skj?rseth, Jon Birger and J?rgen Wettestad (2010), "Fixing the EU Emissions Trading System? Understanding the post-2012 Changes". Global Environmental Politics, 10;4, November 2010: 101-123. 23 p.
Skodvin, Tora, Anne Therese Gullberg and Stine Aakre (2010). "Target-group influence and political feasibility: the case of climate policy design in Europe". Journal of European Public Policy 17 (6): 856-875. 19 p.
Skogstad, Grace (2001), "The WTO and Food Safety Regulatory Policy Innovation in the European Union", Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 39, No. 3: 485–505. 20 p.
Szczerbiak, Aleks & Paul Taggart (2008), "Theorizing Party-Based Euroscepticism: Problems of definition, Measurement, and Causality", Ch. 10 in Aleks Szczerbiak & Paul Taggart: Opposing Europe. The comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 28 p. C
Ugland, Trygve and Frode Veggeland (2006), “Experiments in Food Safety Policy Integration in the European Union”, Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 44, No. 3: 607–624. 17 p.
Total 911 p.
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.
Eriksen & Fossum (2012), Wiener & Diez (2009) and Hill & Smith (2011) will also be available at Akademika bookstore.
The rest will be linked up in Fronter or is available in E-journals that you will find by searching in the base of the University of Oslo Library
Extra-curricular articles:
Kopeck?, Petr & Cas Mudde (2002), "The Two Sides of Euroscepticism: Party Positions on European Integration in East Central Europe", European Union Politics, Vol. 3, September 2002, pp. 297–326 30 p
Moravcsik, Andrew (1993), "Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach", Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 31, issue 4, pp. 473–524. 51 p
Recommended texts:
We expect students to be familiar with the institutional architecture of the EU, as well as with the basic tenets of integration theory before the course starts. If you lack sufficient prior knowledge of the EU, we recommend that you read some of this:
In Scandinavian languages:
Claes, Dag Harald & Tor Egil F?rland (2010), EU - mellomstatlig 澳门葡京手机版app下载 og politisk system. Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk (especially Ch. 9).
Borberg, Hjarn Z (2010), Den Europ?iske Union. K?benhavn: Handelsh?jskolens forlag (especially Ch. 13).
In English:
Bomberg, Elizabeth, John Peterson & Alexander Stubb (2008), The European Union: How does it work? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McCormick, John (2011), Understanding the European Union. A Concise Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan (especially Ch. 4).
Rosamond, Ben (2000), Theories of European Integration. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Wiener, Antje & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch. 1,2,3.