Forelesningsplan:
1. gang: Introduksjon. Oversikt over kurset. Sentrale begreper: Partifamilier, partisystemer, regjeringstyper, majoritets- og konsensusdemokratier mm. Repetisjon av begreper, modeller og teorier fra innf?rings- og fordypningsemnene. Anbefalt/repetisjon: Heidar & Berntzen, Lijphart (1999) og andre bidrag fra innf?rings- og fordypningsemnene.
2. gang: Storbritannia: Thatcher-perioden og New Labour.
3. gang: Tyskland: Kohl-perioden, den "r?d-gr?nne koalisjonen" og den store koalisjonen.
4. gang: Frankrike: Partipolitisk fragmentering og samling. Politisk samboerskap og h?yresidens seirer.
5. gang: Italia: Den f?rste og den andre republikk. Hvilke endringer?
6. gang: Spania: Demokratisk konsolidering og maktskifter.
7. gang: De nordiske landene: Er de nordiske fempartisystemene under press?
8. gang: Belgia og Nederland: Fortsatt konsensusdemokratier?
9. gang: Sveits og ?sterrike: Konsensusdemokratier under press – og konsensusdemokratier med de h?yreradikale?
10. gang: Komparative perspektiver. Oppsummering.
Pensumlitteratur organisert etter forelesningene:
Storbritannia (forelesning 2)
Evans, Stephen (2008): ‘Consigning its past to history? David Cameron and the Conservative Party’, Parliamentary Affairs 61 (2): 291-314. 24 s. Lenke
Flinders, Matthew (2005): 'Majoritarian democracy in Britain: New Labour and the constitution', West European Politics 28 (1): 61-93. 33 s. Lenke
Lynch, Philip (2007): ‘Party System Change in Britain: Multi-Party Politics in a Multi-Level Polity’, British Politics 3: 323-346. 24 s. Lenke
Mitchell; James & Jonathan Bradley (2004): 'Devolution: Comparative development and policy roles', Parliamentary Affairs 57 (2): 329-346. 18 s. Lenke
Shaw, Eric (2003): 'Britain: Left abandoned? New Labour in power', Parliamentary Affairs 56: 6-23. 18 s. Lenke
Webb, Paul & Justin Fisher (1999): 'The changing British party system: Two-party equilibrium or the emergence of moderate pluralism?", kap. 2 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 22 s.
Tyskland (forelesning 3)
Blühdorn, Ingolfur (2009): ‘Reinventing green politics: On the strategic repositioning of the German Green Party’, German Politics 18 (1): 36-54. 19 s. Lenke
Clemens, Clay (2009): ‘Modernisation or disorientation? Policy change in Merkel’s CDU’, German Politics 18 (2): 121-139. 19 s. Lenke
Helms, Ludger (2010): ‘The German federal election, September 2009’, Electoral Studies 29: 289-292. 4 s. Lenke
Hepburn, Eve (2008): ’The neglected nation: The CSU and the territorial cleavage in Bavarian Party Politics’, German Politics 17 (2) : 184-202. 19 s. Lenke
Jeffery, Charlie (1999): 'Germany: From hyperstability to change?', kap. 6 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 22 s.
Olsen, Jonathan (2007): ‘The merger of the PDS and WASG: From Eastern German regional party to national radical left party?’ German Politics 16 (2): 205-221. 17 s. Lenke
Wisenthal, Helmut (2003): 'German Unification and 'Model Germany': An adventure of institutional conservatism', West European Politics 26 (4): 37-58. 22 s. Lenke
Frankrike (forelesning 4)
Elgie, Robert (2003): Political institutions in contemporary France. Oxford: Oxford University Press., Kap. 2: The party system. 32 s. Kap. 4: The dual executive. 34 s.
Haegel, Florence (2004): 'The transformation of the French Right: Institutional imperatives and organisational changes', French Politics 2: 185-202. 18 s.
Hanley, David (1999): 'France: Living with instability', kap. 4 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 23 s.
Miguet, Arnauld (2002): ‘The French elections of 2002: After the earthquake, the deluge’, West European Politics 25 (4): 207-220. 14 s. Lenke
Sauger, Nicolas (2007): ‘The French legislative and presidential elections of 2007’, West European Politics 30 (5): 1166-1175 10 s. Lenke
Italia (forelesning 5)
Bardi, Luciano (2007): 'Electoral Change and Its Impact on the Party System in Italy', West European Politics 30 (4): 711-732. 22 s. Lenke
Bull, Martin & Gianfranco Pasquino (2007): 'A Long Quest in Vain: Institutional Reforms in Italy', West European Politics 30 (4): 670-691. 22 s. Lenke
Daniels, Philip (1999): 'Italy: Rapture and regeneration?', kap. 5 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 25 s.
Diamanti, Ilvo (2007): 'The Italian Centre-Right and Centre-Left: Between Parties and ‘the Party’', West European Politics 30 (4): 733-762. 30 s. Lenke
Vassallo, Salvatore (2007): 'Government Under Berlusconi: The Functioning of the Core Institutions in Italy', West European Politics 30 (4): 692-710. 19 s. Lenke
Wilson, Alex (2009): “The Italian Election of April 2008: A Political Earthquake?”, West European Politics 32 (1): 215-225. 11 s. Lenke
Spania (forelesning 6)
Chari, Raj S (2008): 'The 2008 Spanish election: A balancing game?', West European Politics 31 (5): 1069-1077. 9 s. Lenke
Magone, José M. (2009): Contemporary Spanish Politics. Second Edition. London: Routledge.
Kap. 3: The core Spanish institutions (s. 82-115) 34 s.
Kap. 4: Political parties and elections (s. 133-187). 55 s.
Kap. 5: The dynamics of regional politics. 66 s.
Norden (forelesning 7)
Arter, David (1999): 'Sweden: A mild case of "electoral instability syndrome", kap. 8 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 20 s.
Arter, David (2007): ‘The end of the social democratic hegemony? The March 2007 Finnish general election’, West European Politics 30 (5): 1148-1157. 10 s. Lenke
Aylott, Nicholas & Niklas Bolin (2007): ‘Towards a two-party system? The Swedish parliamentary election of September 2006’, West European Politics 30 (3) : 621-633. 13 s. Lenke
Hardarson, Olafur Th. & Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson (2001): 'The 1999 Parliamentary Election in Iceland', Electoral Studies 20: 325-330. 6 s. Lenke
Hardarson, Olafur Th. & Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson (kommer): ’The parliamentary election in Iceland, April 2009’, Electoral Studies. 10 s Lenke
Paloheimo, Heikki (2003): 'The rising power of the prime minister in Finland', Scandinavian Political Studies 26: 219-243. 25 s. Lenke
Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina (2008): ‘The 2007 Danish General election: Generating a Fragile Majority’, West European Politics 21 (5): 1040-1048. 9 s. Lenke
Belgia og Nederland (forelesning 8)
Nederland:
Andeweg, Rudy B (2008): ‘Coalition politics in the Netherlands: From accommodation to politicization’, Acta Politica 43: 254-277. 24 s. Lenke
Ten Napel, Hans-Martien (1999): ‘The Netherlands: resilience amidst change’, kap. 9 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 20 s.
van Holsteyn, Joop J. M. and Galen A. Irwin (2003): 'Never a dull moment: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch parliamentary election of 2002', West European Politics 26 (2): 41-66. 26 s. Lenke
van Holsteyn, Joop J. M. (2007): ’The Dutch parliamentary elections of 2006’, West European Politics 30 (5): 1139-1147. 9 s. Lenke
Belgia:
Deschouwer, Kris (2006): 'And the peace goes on? Consociational democracy and Belgian politics in the twenty-first century', West European Politics 29 (5): 895-911. 18 s. Lenke
De Winter, Lieven & Patrick Dumont (1999): ‘Belgium: party system(s) on the eve of disintegration?’, kap. 10 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Frances Pinter. 24 s.
De Winter, Lieven, Marc Swyngedouw & Patrick Dumont (2006): 'Party system(s) and electoral behaviour in Belgium: From stability to balkanisation', West European Politics 29 (5): 933-956. 24 s. Lenke
Sinardet, Dave (2008): ‘Belgian federalism put to the test: The 2007 Belgian Federal Elections and their aftermath’, West European Politics 31: 1016-1032. 17 s. Lenke
Swenden, Wilfried & Maarten Theo Jans (2006): '‘Will it stay or will it go?’ Federalism and the sustainability of Belgium', West European Politics 29 (5): 877-894. 18 s. Lenke
Sveits og ?sterrike (forelesning 9)
Sveits:
Church, Clive H. (2008): 'The Swiss elections of 21 October 2007: Consensus fights back', West European Politics 31 (3): 608-623. 16 s. Lenke
Daranelli, Paulo (2005): ‘The parliamentary and executive elections in Switzerland, 2003’, Electoral Studies 24: 123-129. 7 s. Lenke
Kl?ti, Ulrich (2001): 'Consensual government in a heterogeneous polity', West European Politics 24 (2): 19-34. 16 s. Lenke
Ladner, Andreas (2001): 'Swiss political parties: between persistence and change', West European Politics 24 (2): 123-144. 22 s. Lenke
?sterrike:
Luther, Kurt Richard (1999): 'Austria: From moderate to polarized pluralism', kap. 10 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Frances Pinter. 30 s.
Müller, Wolfgang & Franz Fallend (2004): 'Changing patterns of party competition in Austria: From multipolar to bipolar system', West European Politics 25 (5): 801-835. 35 s. Lenke
Luther, Kurt Richard (2009): ‘The revival of the radical right: The Austrian Parliamentary Election of 2008”, West European Politics 32 (5): 1049-1061. 12 s. Lenke
Komparative perspektiver (forelesning 10)
Donovan, Mark & David Broughton (1999): 'Party system change in Western Europe: Positively political', kap. 13 i David Broughton & Mark Donovan (red.): Changing party systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter. 20 s.
Sum pensum: 1116 s.