University of Paris 1- Panthéon-Sorbonne
Comparative European Politics
Spring Semester, 2013
Professor Alistair Cole, Cardiff University (ColeA@Cardiff.ac.uk)
1). Aims and objectives
Comparison is one of the fundamental tools of political understanding and of political
research. This course introduces the concepts, theories and skills of the comparative
method, explicitly situating the field of analysis in an in-depth examination of
contemporary, mainly European, politics.
At the end of the course, students should have a close acquaintance with the vocabulary of
comparative political argument, and a good understanding of how these arguments apply
to central issues in contemporary European Politics.
The aim of the course is also to provide political science instruction through the medium
of English and to encourage students to participate as much as possible in class
discussions through expressing themselves in English.
2). Assessment: One examination of three hours, including a choice of essay
questions [TWO from at least SIX] or a text commentary
3). Lectures and Discussions
1. Cleavages and Political Parties in Europe
2. Institutions, Institutionalism and State Traditions in Europe
3. Studying Political leadership
4. The Left in Europe
5. Populism and post-Democracy in Europe
6. Political Identity
7. Regions and Territory in Europe
8. Europeanisation and National Politics
9. Whose Europe?
10. The Travelling Problem in Comparative Politics
11. Conclusions: Divergence and Convergence in Europe
12. Revision
4). Readings and Powerpoints
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In most sessions, a text in English will accompany the core subject. All students are
expected to have read the text before the lecture and be prepared to discuss the content in
class. Texts will be e.mailed to the group in advance of meetings. Discussing the text will
take place in the second part of the session.
Each lecture will also be accompanied by a powerpoint presentation that students will
find useful to print off before the weekly lecture. This corresponds to the first part of the
session.
Many of the academic articles cited here can be downloaded (some for free) from the
journal websites.
5). General Readings
There is no single course textbook. However, the two general books that best cover the
subject matter are:
Jose M. Magone, Contemporary European Politics. A Comparative Introduction
London: Routledge, 2011 (**)
Tim Bale Comparative European Politics Basingstoke: Palgrave 2009 (**)
You might consider purchasing one of these books (for example, by ordering from
Amazon or a similar site).
Students will be guided mainly by the powerpoints, which serve as the equivalent to a
core text. However, students will need to read around the subject to get the best marks.
The function of the bibliography is not to provide for obligatory reading; rather, it is to
indicate a good cross-section of the literature on the subject and to provide a reference for
many of the classic works that are cited in the lectures. Most of these books and articles
will not be in the library; it is understood that you will not be able to consider all of them.
But efforts to demonstrate that you have read around the topic will be rewarded.
Other important references in English
Ken Newton and W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2006.
Daniele Caramani Comparative Politics, Oxford University Press, 2008.
J. Colomer, (ed) (1996) Political Institutions in Europe, London, Routledge, pp. 211-253.
B. Guy Peters, Comparative Politics Palgrave: Basingstoke, 2000.
R. Hague and M. Harrop Comparative Government and Politics, 6th edition, 2004
Simon Hix The Political System of the European Union Palgrave: Basingstoke, 2005
Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne The Member-States of the European Union Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2005
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Kevin Featherstone and Claudio Radaelli, (dir) The Politics of Europeanisation Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2004.
Michael Gallagher, Mick Laver, and Peter Mair Representative Government in Modern Europe, Fourth
Edition, 2002
Helen Wallace and William Wallace Policy-Making in the European Union, Oxford: OUP, 5th edition, 2004.
J., Kopstein and M. Lichbach, Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities and Institutions in a Changing Global
Order, Cambridge: CUP, 2000.
P. Heywood et al. (eds), Developments in European Politics , 2006
G.Smith, Politics in Western Europe, Aldershot: Gower, 1989
Reviews
Most of the cited articles are from the following English languages reviews:
One general political science review :
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The Annual Review of Political Science (for core theoretical references)
Three comparative European Politics reviews
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West European Politics ( the longest standing review in the field)
Comparative European Politics (a more recent comparative review)
Perspectives on European Politics and Society (another comparative review, with a special focus
on central and eastern Europe)
Four country and area specific reviews
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British Politics (good for the case of the UK)
French Politics (good for France)
German Politics (good for Germany)
Mediterranean Politics (for Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece).
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Quelques Ouvrages en français.
Daniel Seiler, La Méthode Comparative en Science Politique Paris : Armand Colin 2004.
Mamouodu Gazibo La Politique comparée Presses de l’Université de Montreal, 2004.
B. Badie and G. Hermot, La Politique comparée, 2001
Y. Meny, La Politique Comparée, 4eme edition, 1993.
J. Lagroye, B. Francois and F. Sawicki, Sociologie Politique, 2002.
6) MORE DETAILED TOPIC SPECIFIC READINGS
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1) CLEAVAGES AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN EUROPE
Books
Tim Bale Comparative European Politics Basingstoke: Palgrave 2005, 2009 **
Jose M. Magone, Contemporary European Politics. A Comparative Introduction
London: Routledge, 2011 **
Other good books, mainly on parties and cleavage formation
Peter Flora, State Formation, Nation-Building and Mass Politics in Europe. The Theory of Stein Rokkan
Oxford: OUP, 1999.
Michael Gallagher, Mick Laver, and Peter Mair Representative Government in Modern Europe, Fourth
Edition, 2002
David Broughton and Mark Donovan (dir) Changing Party systems in Western Europe London: Pinter, 1999
Y.Meny and A. Knapp, Government and Politics in Western Europe, 3nd edition, 1998.
J-Erik Lane and S.Ersson, Politics and Society in Western Europe, 1998.2nd edition.
P. Heywood et al. (eds), Developments in European Politics , 2006
G.Smith, Politics in Western Europe, Aldershot: Gower, 1989
On parties, party typologies and cleavages
M. Maor, Political Parties and Party Systems, (esp. ch.1 ‘Classifying party definitions’), 1997
A. Panebianco, Political parties : organization and power, 1988
G. Sartori, ‘Structuring the Party System’ in P. Mair (ed), The West European Party System, 1990
P. Webb, D. Farrell & I. Holliday (eds), Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 2002
S. Wolinetz (ed.), Political Parties, 1998 - a reader (i.e. a collection of classic works)
L. Diamond & R. Gunther (eds), Political Parties and Democracy, 2001
H. Daalder, ‘The Rise of Parties in Western Democracies’, in Diamond & Gunther (eds), 2001
Relevant articles (see the relevant websites if not in the library)
Anthony Gill, ‘Religion and Comparative Politics’ Annual Review of Political Science
2001. 4:117–38
Geoffrey Evans ‘The continued significance of class voting’ Annual Review of
Political Science. 2000. 3:401–17
Nick Sitter ‘Cleavages, party strategy and party system change in Europe, east and west’
Perspectives on European Politics and Society Volume 3, Issue 3, 2002, pages 425-451
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Martin Elff & Sigrid Rossteutscher ‘ Stability or Decline? Class, Religion and the Vote in
Germany’ German Politics Volume 20, Issue 1, 2011 pages 107-127
Eve Hepburn, The Neglected Nation: The CSU and the Territorial Cleavage in Bavarian
Party Politics German Politics Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2008, pages 184-202
Michael Minkenberg ‘Party politics, religion and elections in Western democracies’
Comparative European Politics 8: 385-414, 2009
Henrik Lolle and Lars Torpe ‘Growing ethnic diversity and social trust in European
societies’ Comparative European Politics 9: 191-216, 2009
Russell J. Dalton & Steven Weldon ‘Germans Divided? Political Culture in a United
Germany’ German Politics, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2010 pages 9-23
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2) INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONALISM AND STATE
TRADITIONS
QuestionS for Discussion
‘The “New Institutionalism” tells us little of any real value’. Do you agree?
Does the concept of the State Tradition have any meaningful purchase?
Key readings
Hall, P. and R. Taylor, ‘Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms’ Political
Studies 1996, 44: 936-57. (Also published in the Revue francaise de Science Politique,
1997)
Immergut, E.M. and K. M. Anderson (2008).’ Historical Institutionalism and West
European Politics’ , West European Politics, 31, 1-2: 345-69.
Kathleen Thelen, Historical Institutionalism In Comparative Politics Annual Review of
Political Science 1999. 2:369.404
Dyson, K. H. (2010) The State Tradition in Western Europe ECPR Press
Schmidt, V. (2008). Discursive Institutionalism: The Explanatory Power of Ideas and
Discourse, Annual Review of Political Science, 11: 303-326
J. March and J. Olsen, ‘The new institutionalism: organisational factors in political life’,
in American Political Science Review 1984, 78: 734-49
Peters, B. Guy, Jon Pierre and Desmond S. King (2005). The Politics of Path
Dependency: Political Conflict in Historical Institutionalism. The Journal of Politics,
67, 4: 1,275-1,300
P. Pierson, ‘The Path to European integration: a historical institutionalist analysis’, in
Comparative Political Studies 2000, 23: 122-63
P. Pierson (2000), ‘Path dependence, increasing returns and the study of politics’ ,
American Political Science Review, 94: 251-267.
Book s and Book chapters
Blyth, M. ‘Institutions and Ideas’, in D. Marsh and G. Stoker (ed.), Theory and Methods in Political
Science, 2002.
Di Maggio, H. and W. Powell (eds) (1991). The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. Chicago
University Press.
Hay, C., M. Lister & D. Marsh (eds) (2006). The State: Theories and Issues, Basingstoke, Palgrave.
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Hay, C. (2006). Constructivist Institutionalism, pp. 56-74 in R. Rhodes et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook
of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP. *
V. Lowndes, ‘Institutionalism’, in D. Marsh and G. Stoker (ed.), Theory and Methods in Political Science,
2002
J. March and J. Olsen, Rediscovering Institutions: The organizational basis of politics, 1989
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Peters, B. Guy, Institutional Theory in Political Science: The ‘New Institutionalism’, 1999.
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Pierre, Jon, B., Guy Peters and Gerry Stoker (eds), Debating Institutionalism, Manchester UP, 2008.
Pierson, P. (1994). Dismantling the Welfare State: Reagan ... and the Politics of Retrenchment, 1994
Sanders, E. (2006). Historical Institutionalism, pp. 39-55 in R. Rhodes et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook
of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Schepsle, K. A. (2006). Rational Choice Institutionalism, pp. 23-38 in R. Rhodes et al. (eds), The Oxford
Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Steinmo, Sven (2008) ‘Historical Institutionalism’, pp. 118-38 in Donatella Della Porta and Michael
Keating (eds.), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
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3). POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE CORE EXECUTIVE
Questions for Discussion
Does the concept of Political Leadership allow meaningful cross-country comparisons?
Does it make sense to distinguish between presidential, semi-presidential and
parliamentary forms of leadership?
Is German Political Leadership Strong?
BOOKS
Ken Newton and W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Chapter 5)
ARTICLES
A. Siaroff ‘Comparative presidencies: the inadequacy of the presidential, semipresidential and parliamentary distinction’ European Journal of Political Research 42:3,
2003, 287-312.
John S. Ahlquist and Margaret Levi ‘Leadership: What It Means, What It Does, and
What We Want to Know About It’, Annual Review of Political Science 2011. 14:1–24.
Nigel Bowles, ‘Studying The Presidency’ Annual Review of Political Science 1999.
2:1.23
L. J. Edinger, 'Approaches to the comparative analysis of political leadership', Review of
Politics, 52, 4 (Autumn 1990), pp. 509-523.
Martin Brusis ‘Europeanization, Party Government or Legacies? Explaining Executive
Governance in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary’ Comparative European
Politics 2: 163-184, 2004.
Germany
Wiliarty, Sarah Elise Angela Merkel’s Path to Power: The Role of Internal Party
Dynamics and Leadership’ German Politics, 17:1, March 2008, pp. 81-96.
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Ludger Helms ‘Executive leadership in parliamentary democracies: The British prime
minister and the German chancellor compared’ German Politics , 5:1, 1996, pages 101120
Mark R. Thompson & Ludmilla Lennartz The Making of Chancellor Merkel German
Politics Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2006, pages 99-110
Ludger Helms The Changing Chancellorship: Resources and Constraints Revisited
German Politics Volume 10, Issue 2, 2001
Harald Schoen ‘Merely a Referendum on Chancellor Merkel? Parties, Issues and
Candidates in the 2009 German Federal Election’ German Politics, Volume 20, Issue 1,
2011 pages 92-106
Alistair Cole ‘Political Leadership in Western Europe: Kohl’s Leadership in
Comparative Perspective’, German Politics, vol 7, no. 1, April 1998, pp. 120-142.
Britain
Kevin Theakston ‘Gordon Brown as prime minister: Political skills and leadership style’
British Politics 6: 78-100, 2010
Michael Foley ‘Gordon Brown and the role of compounded crisis in the pathology of
leadership decline’ British Politics 4: 498-513, 2009
Martin J Smith ‘Tony Blair: The First Prime Minister of the Global Era’
British Politics 2: 420-427, 2007
Nigel Bowlesa, Desmond S Kingb and Fiona Ross Political Centralization and Policy
Constraint in British Executive Leadership: Lessons from American Presidential Studies
in the Era of Sofa Politics British Politics (2007) 2, 372–394.
H.Berrington, `The fiery chariot: British Prime Ministers and the search for love', British
Journal of Political Science, vol. 4, no. 3, July 1974, pp.345-369.
France
Special issue of the journal West European Politics on France and the Fifty Years of the
Fifth Republic, 2009
Alistair Cole ‘Heading The Republic’ Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2008, pp. 183–191
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Alistair Cole ‘Sarkozy’s Fast Presidency’ Contemporary French and Francophone
Studies Vol. 16, No. 2, March 2012 (in press)
Alstair Cole ‘Studying Political Leadership: the case of François Mitterrand’ Political
Studies, vol.42 no.4 September. pp. 453-468,1994.
A. Cole, P. Le Galès and J. Levy (eds), Development in French Politics 4, 2008. Especially
chapters by François, Surel and Levy/Skach
Passarelli. G. ‘The government in two semi-presidential systems: France and Portugal in
a comparative perspective’, French Politics, 8, 4, 402-428, 2009.
R. Conley Presidential Republicas and divided government: Comparing lawmaking and
executive politics in the United States and France’, Political Science Quarterly, 122,2,
257-286, 2007.
Grossman E. ‘The Study of Executive Politics in France’, French Politics, 8, 64-67, 2010.
Kuhn R. ‘President Sarkozy and news media management’, French Politics, 8, 4, 355376, 2010.
Other sources mentioned in the lecture
Burns, James McGregor. Leadership. New York: Harper and Row, 1978.P. Metcalf, ‘Measuring
Presidential leadership’, Comparative Political Studies, 33, 5, 660-685.
A. Lijphart Parliamentary versus Presidential Governments Oxford: OUP, 1992.
J Blondel and F Muller-Rommel, Cabinets in Western Europe , 1988, 2nd edition 1997.
R. Elgie Semi-Presidentialism in Europe, OUP: 1999.
R. Elgie Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies Palgrave- Macmillan, 1995
M Dogan, Pathways to Power , 1989.
Michael Gallagher, Mick Laver, and Peter Mair Representative Government in Modern Europe, 2002
RHague & M. Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics, ch. 15
P Heywood, ‘Executive Capacity and Legislative Limits’, in P.Heywood et al. (eds), Developments in West
European Politics 2, 2002, pp. 151-67
West European Politics, special edition, April 1991.
Y. Meny, The Government and Politics of Western Europe OUP: 1993, ch 6.
G Roberts and Lovecy, Politics in Western Europe Today Manchester: MUP, 1999 ch 9.
J. Blondel, Political Leadership (London, Sage, 1987).
4) THE LEFT IN EUROPE (FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM)
Questions for Discussion
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The Left in Europe has a past… but does it have a future?
Can we compare the French Socialist Party, the German Social Democrats and the
British Labour Party?
General
Tim Bale and Richard Dunphy ‘In from the cold? Left parties and government
involvement since 1989’, Comparative European Politics 9: 269-291, 2010.
Dan Hough and James Sloan, Different Road Maps, Similar Paths? Social Democratic
Politics in the UK and Germany’? German Politics, 16:1, 26-38, 2007
Carsten Jensen ‘Negotiated expansion: Left-wing governments, corporatism and social
expenditure in mature welfare states’ Comparative European Politics 9, 168-190, 2010
Mark Blyth ‘Domestic Institutions and the Possibility of Social Democracy’ Comparative
European Politics 3: 379-407, 2005
Luke March and Cas Mudde ‘What's Left of the Radical Left? The European Radical Left
After 1989: Decline and Mutation’ Comparative European Politics 3: 23-49; 2005
Aylott, N. ‘Between Europe and Unity: the case of the Swedish Social Democrats’, West
European Politics, 20:2, April 1997.
Green-Pedersen, C., van Kersbergen, K. & Hemeerijck, A. (2001) ‘Neo-liberalism, the
‘third way’ or what? Recent social democratic welfare policies in Denmark and the
Netherlands’. Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 307-325.
Hay, C. (2000) ‘Globalization, social democracy and the persistence of partisan politics:
a commentary on Garrett’. Revue of International Political Economy, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.
138-152.
Huber, E. and Stephens, J. (1998) ‘Internationalization and the Social Democratic
Model’. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 353-397.
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Sophie Heine ‘Left versus Europe? The Ideologies Underlying the Left's ‘No’ to the
Constitutional Treaty in France and Germany’ Perspectives on European Politics and
Society, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2010 pages 313-332
Marco Lisi ‘ Innovation and Adaptation in Contemporary Left-Wing Parties: Lessons
from Southern Europe Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Volume 11, Issue
1, 2010, pages 60-79
William Downs ‘Social Democracy's Strategic Quandary: Responses to Immigration
Challenges and Issue Capture in Europe’ Perspectives on European Politics and Society,
Volume 12, Issue 3, 2011 pages 242-262
Michael Holmes ‘In search of social democracy: Responses to crisis and modernisation’,
Perspectives on European Politics and Society Volume 12, Issue 2, 2011
French Socialist Party
Alistair Cole ‘The French Socialist Party and its Radical Ambiguity’ French
Politics, Culture and Society, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 29-48.
Clift, B. (2009) ‘The Fifth Republic at Fifty’, Modern and Contemporary France
Crespy, A. (2008) Dissent over the European Constitutional Treaty within the French Socialist
Party’, French Politics, 2008, 6, 23-44.
Ladrech, R. (2002) ‘The Jospin government and European social-democracy’ Modern
and Contemporary France vol. 10, no. 3.
Ladrech, R. `Social Movements and Party Systems: The French Socialist Party and New
Social Movements', West European Politics, vol.12, no. 2 April 1989.
FAUCHER-KING (Florence), TREILLE (Eric) [2003], “Managing intra-party democracy:
comparing the French socialist and British Labour Conferences”, French Politics, 1(1),
March : 61-82.
Emiliano Grossman and Cornelia Woll ‘The French debate over the Bolkestein directive’
Comparative European Politics 9: 344-366; 2010
Levy, J. (2001) ‘Partisan politics and welfare adjustment: the case of France’.Journal of European Public
Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 265-85.
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German Social Democrats
J . Timo Weishaupt ‘Germany After A Decade Of Social Democrats In Government: The
End Of The Continental Model?’ German Politics, 19:2, 2010.
Detterbeck, K. ‘Party Cartel and Cartel Parties in Germany’ German Politics, 17:1, 2740, 2008
William Paterson and James Sloam ‘Is the Left alright? The SPD and the renewal of
European social democracy’ German Politics, 15:3, 233-248, 2006
Kenneth Dyson & Thomas Saalfeld Actors, Structures and Strategies: Policy Continuity
and Change under the German Grand Coalition (2005–09) German Politics 19, 3-4,
pages 269-282
Charlie Lees, The Grand Coalition and the Party System, German Politics 19, 3-4 pages
312-331
T. Saalfield, The German Party System: Continuity and Change German Politics
Volume 11, Issue 3, 2002
Uwe Jun, Volksparteien under Pressure: Challenges and Adaptation German Politics
Volume 20, Issue 1, 2011 pages 200-222
British Labour Party
Florence Faucher and Patrick le Gales The New Labour Experiment, Stanford
University Press, 2010
David Coates ‘Chickens coming home to roost? New Labour at the eleventh hour’ British
Politics (2009) 4, 421–433.
Nick Randall ‘Time and British politics: Memory, the present and teleology in the
politics of New Labour’ British Politics (2009) 4, 188–216. doi:10.1057/bp.2009.4
Bob Jessop ‘New Labour or The Normalization of Neo-Liberalism’?
British Politics 2: 282-288, 2007.
Anthony Giddens ‘New Labour: Tony Blair and After’ British Politics 2: 106-110, 2007
Andrew Gamble ‘Blair's Legacy’, British Politics 2: 123-128, 2007
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Jenny Andersson, John Kelly, Eric Shaw and Mark Wickham-Jones Understanding New
Labour: A symposium on Eric Shaw's Losing Labour's Soul? British Politics 6: 101-125,
2011
Colin Hay ‘Things can only get worse …’: The political and economic significance of
2010 British Politics 5: 391-401, 2010
Richard Jobson and Mark Wickham-Jones Gripped by the past: Nostalgia and the 2010
Labour party leadership contest British Politics (2010) 5, 525–548.
Other general references (some referred to in the lecture)
Anderson, P. and Camiller, P. (1994) Mapping the West European Left. (London:
Verso).
Bergounioux, A. (2001) ‘French socialism and European social democracy’. In
Cuperus, R., Duffek, K. and Kandel, J. (eds.), pp. 227-240.
Callaghan, J. (2000) The retreat of social democracy. (Manchester: Manchester
University Press.
Castles, F, .The Social-democratic Image of Society: A Study of Scandanavian Social-Democracy 1986.
Cuperus, R., Duffek, K. & Kandel, J. (eds) (2001) Multiple Third Ways (Amsterdam,
Berlin, Vienna: Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, Wiardi Beckman Stichting, Renner
Institut.).
Ladrech, R. (2000) Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union (Boulder, CO. and London:
Lynne Rienner Publishers).
Ladrech, R. & Marlière, P. (1999) Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization,
Policies (Basingstoke: Macmillan).
Moschonas, G. (2001) Social Democracy
Paterson W.E. and A.H.Thomas, The Future of Social-democracy, Oxford, 1986.
Pierson, C. (2001) Hard Choices: Social Democracy in the 21st Century (Cambridge: Polity Press).
Sassoon, D. (1997) Looking Left: European Socialism after the Cold War (London: I. B. Tauris).
Scharpf, F. (1991) Crisis and Choice in European Social Democracy (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University
Press).
Scharpf, F. and Schmidt, V. (eds) Welfare and Work in the Open Economy, Volumes I. and II. (Oxford:
Oxford University Press).
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5). MODELS OF DEMOCRACY, POST-DEMOCRACY AND
POPULISM
Questions for Discussion
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‘Contested Meanings’? Does this accurately describe our understanding of
democracy in Europe?
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Does ‘populism’ define a style of politics rather than a party type?
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‘Post-Democracy is dead; Long Live Democracy’ Discuss
Democracy and Post-Democracy
Books
C. Crouch, Postdemocracy, 2004
Ken Newton and W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Chapter 2)
Mair, P. ‘Democracies’, in D. Caramani, Comparative Politics, 2008
Articles
Josiah Ober, ‘ What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy, Annual Review
of Political Science Vol. 11: 67-91, 2008
Lindy Edwards ‘Re-thinking Putnam in Italy: The role of beliefs about democracy in
shaping civic culture and institutional performance’ Comparative European Politics 8:
161-178, 2008.
Christopher Lord ‘Contested Meanings, Democracy Assessment and the European
Union’ Comparative European Politics 5: 70-86, 2007.
Vivien A Schmidt 'Explaining democracy in Europe’ Comparative European Politics 7:
2009
Dennis F. Thompson ‘Deliberative Democratic Theory and Empirical Political Science’
Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 11: 497-520, 2008
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Rudy B. Andeweg ‘Consociational Democracy’ Annual Review of Political Science
2000. 3: 509–36
Mark Bevir ‘Democratic governance: History, practice, reality and possibility’
British Politics 6: 273-283, 2011.
M. G. Schmidt (2002), ‘Political performance and types of democracy: Findings from
comparative studies’, European Journal of Political Research, 43: 147-63
Jack Vowles Making Democracy Work: A Continuing Story
Comparative European Politics 3: 364-376, 2005
Sources mentioned in the lecture
Lijphart, A. (1984). Democracies. Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in twenty-one
countries,
Lijphart, A. (1999). Patterns of Democracy. Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
D. Held, Models of Democracy. 2005
R. Dahrendorf, After Social Democracy, 1980
N. Bobbio, ‘Liberalism old and new’ in: N. Bobbio The Future of Democracy, 1987
S. Huntingdon, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, 1991
H. Wilensky, Rich Democracies, 2003
A. Etzioni, ‘A self-restrained approach to nation-building by foreign powers ’, International Affairs, 80,1,
2004.
POPULISM AND POPULIST PARTIES
Books
Y. Mény & Y. Surel (eds), Democracies and the Populist Challenge, 2002
D. Albertazzi & D. McDonnell (2008). Twenty-first Century Populism: The Spectre of
Western European Democracy
H. Kitschelt The Radical Right in Western Europe University of Michigan Press, 1997.
R. Eatwell & C. Mudde (eds), Western Democracies and the new Extreme Right
Challenge, Routledge, 2004.
C. Mudde (2007). Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. CUP
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J. Rydgren (ed.), (2005) Movements of Exclusion: Radical Right-Wing Populism in the
Western World, 2005
P. Taggart, Populism, 2000
Articles and book chapters
Party Politics, 5, 3, 1999: Special issue on direct democracy and parties (UK, Canada,
Austria, Switzerland + comparative & normative articles) including: S. E. Scarrow,
(1999) ‘Parties and the Expansion of Direct Democracy: Who Benefits?’
Perspectives on European Politics and Society ‘Special Issue: Is Populism a Side-Effect
of European Integration' Radical Parties and the Europeanization of Political
Competition’ Volume 11, Issue 3, 2010
Decker, F. and Hartleb, F. ‘Populism on Difficult Terrain: The Right and Left-Wing
Challenger Parties in the Federal Republic of Germany’ German Politics, 16:4, 434-454.
Andrej Zaslove ‘Exclusion, Community, and a Populist Political Economy: The Radical
Right as an Anti-Globalization Movement’ Comparative European Politics 6: 169-189,
2008
Jocelyn A J Evans The Dynamics of Social Change in Radical Right-wing Populist Party
Support Comparative European Politics 3: 76-101; 2005.
Stijn van Kessel ‘Explaining the Electoral Performance of Populist Parties: The
Netherlands as a Case Study Perspectives on European Politics and Society’ Volume
12, Issue 1, 2011
Koen Vossen Populism in the Netherlands after Fortuyn: Rita Verdonk and Geert
Wilders Compared, Perspectives on European Politics and Society Volume 11, Issue 1,
2010
Dimitri Almeida Europeanized Eurosceptics? Radical Right Parties and European
Integration, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2010,
pages 237-253
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Huib Pellikaan, Sarah de Lange and Tom van der Meer ‘Fortuyn's Legacy: Party System
Change in the Netherlands’ Comparative European Politics 5: 282-302, 2007
Riccardo Pelizzo ‘The Cartel Party and the Rise of the New Extreme Right’ Comparative
European Politics 5: 226-242, 2007
C. Mudde, ‘The Populist Zeitgeist’, Government and Opposition, 39, 4, 2004
H-G. Betz, ‘Conditions favouring the success of right-wing populist parties in
contemporary democracies’ in Meny & Surel Democracies and the Populist Challenge
(eds), 2002.
M. Canovan, 'Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy', Political
Studies, 47: 1 (1999)
H. Kitschelt, ‘Popular Dissatisfaction with Democracy: Populism and Party Systems’, in
Y Mény & Y. Surel (eds), 2002, pp.179-196.
P. Mair, ‘Populist Democracy vs. Party Democracy’, in Mény & Surel, 2002
C. Mudde, 'Extremist Movements', in Paul Heywood et al. (eds), Developments in West
European Politics 2, 2002
Mermet, D. ‘Sympathy for the Devil’? Walking the tight rope in the study of the French
National Front, 2006-2008’ French Politics, 7,1,56-74, 2009.
A. Zaslove (2008). ‘Here to Stay? Populism as a New Party Type’, European
Review, 16, 3:319-336
6). POLITICAL IDENTITY
Question for Discussion
‘Does the concept of identity provide us with a distinct way of examining politics?
Background reading (available online):
Identity Politics: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (1983). Summary: http://glori.kenanflagler.unc.edu/airspace/NUSarchive/SPCnotes/Anderson.html
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Intersectionality: Patricia Collins, ‘Intersecting Oppressions’:
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upmdata/13299_Chapter_16_Web_Byte_Patricia_Hill_Collins.pdf
Other sources
Anderson, Benedict Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread
of nationalism, 2006 (or earlier editions)
McKenzie, WJM, Political Identity, 1973.
Bartolini, Stefano. 2005. Restructuring Europe : centre formation, system building
and political structuring between the nation-state and European Union
Castells, Manuel. The power of Identity. Oxford : Blackwell, 1997.
Gellner, Ernest Culture, identity, and politics, 1987
Jones, R. and Fowler, C. (2007) ‘Where is Wales? Narrating the Territories and Borders
of the Welsh Linguistic Nation’, Regional Studies, 41: 89-101
Heatherington, K. 1994. Expressions of Identity
Karen Oppenheim Mason and An-Magritt Jensen (Eds) Gender and family change in
industrialized countries. Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press, 1995.
Rokkan Stein and Derek W. Urwin (Eds) The Politics of Territorial Identity: Studies in
European regionalism. Publisher: London: Sage Publications, 1982.
Smith, Anthony D. 1989. ‘The origins of nations’, Ethnic and Racial Studies 12, 3: 34067
7). REGIONS AND TERRITORY IN EUROPE
Questions For Discussion
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Is a Europe of the Regions possible or desireable?
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Is Europe Recentralising?
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What do you understand by the New Regionalism? Does it make sense?
Books
Keating, M. (1998) The new regionalism in Western Europe : territorial restructuring and
political change Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
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Daniele Caramani Comparative Politics, Oxford University Press, 2008 (Chapter 15)
De Winter, L. et Tursan (1998) (eds.) Regionalist Parties in Europe, London : Routledge.
García, C (1995) ‘The autonomous communities and external relations’ in R. Gillespie, F.
Rodrigo & J. Story (eds) Democratic Spain. Reshaping External Relations in a Changing
World Londres: Routledge, pp. 123-140.
Barone, S. (ed.) Les Politiques régionales en France Paris : la Decouverte, pp.187-203,
2011.
Other books (including those mentioned in the lectures)
John, P. (2001) Local Governance in Western Europe London: Sage.
Keating, M. and McGarry, J. (eds.) (2001) Minority Nationalism in the Changing State Order Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Keating, M. (1998) The new regionalism in Western Europe : territorial restructuring and political change
Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Keating, M., Loughlin, J. and Deschouwer, K. (2003) The New Regionalism in Europe: A comparative
study of eight regions Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
Le Galès, P. and Lequesne, C. (eds.) (1998) Regions in Europe London, Routledge.
Loughlin, J. (2001) (ed.) Subnational Democracy in the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities
Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Loughlin, J. and. Keating, M (1997) (eds.) The Political Economy of Regionalism. London: Frank Cass.
Majone. J. (ed.) (2003) Regional Institutions and Governance in the European Union, London and
Westport, Conn: Praeger.
Ruane, J., Todd, J. and A. Mandeville (2003) (eds.) Europe’s Old States in the New World Order. The
Politics of Transition in Britain, France and Spain Dublin: University of Dublin Press.
Bartolini, Stefano. 2005. Restructuring Europe : centre formation, system building
and political structuring between the nation-state and European Union
Rokkan Stein and Derek W. Urwin (Eds) The Politics of Territorial Identity: Studies in European
regionalism. Publisher: London: Sage Publications, 1982.
Articles
Epstein, R. (2005), « Gouverner à distance. Quand l’Etat se retire des territoires », Esprit,
n°11, p. 96-111.
Scott A, Storper M., (2003) « Regions, Globalization, Development », Regional Studies,
37 (6-7), p. 579-593.
Keating (M.) 2008, « Thirty years of Territorial Politics », West European Politics, 31 (12), p. 60-81.
Carter (C.) Pasquier R. (2010a), « Studying Regions as spaces for ‘politics: rethinking
territory and strategic action », Regional and Federal Studies, 20 (3), p. 281-294.
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Cole, A., and Palmer, R. (2008) 'Logiques de territorialité et de régionalisation en Europe
de l’Ouest' Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 39 : 3, 19-36
John Loughlin ‘ The Hybrid State: Reconfiguring Territorial Governance in Western
Europe’, Perspectives on European Politics and Society 10 (1), 2009, 51-68
Edward D. Mansfield and Etel Solingen, ‘Regionalism’, Annual Review of Political
Science, Vol. 13: 145-163, 2010
Sophie Duchesne and André-Paul Frognier ‘National and European Identifications: A
Dual Relationship’, Comparative European Politics 6: 143-168, 2008.
Erik Wibbels ‘MADISON IN BAGHDAD? Decentralization and Federalism in
Comparative Politics Annual Review of Political Science 2006. 9:165–88
C. Moore German Federalism In Transition? German Politics Volume 17, Issue 4, 2008
Michael Keating ‘Rescaling Europe’ Perspectives on European Politics and Society,
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2009 pages 34-50
Cole, A. (2004) ‘Devolution and decentralization in Wales and Brittany: a framework for
analysis’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004,
pp. 354-368
Jeffery, C. (1996): ‘Towards a Third Level in Europe? The German Länder in the
European Union’ Political Studies, Vol 44 (2), 253-266.
Jeffery, C. (2000) ‘Sub-national mobilisations and European Integration’, Journal of
Common Market Studies, 38:1, 1-23.
Jordan, Andrew (2001): “The European Union: an evolving system of multi-level
governance … or government?” Policy & Politics, Vol 29 (2), pp193-208
Cole, A. and Evans, J. (2007) ‘Utilisation de l’Échelle de Moreno en France et au
Royaume Uni’, Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée, 14, 4: 545-573.
The UK under Devolution
Question for discussion
‘Does Devolution signifies the end of the United Kingdom?
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Cole A, ‘Dévolution’. In Romain Pasquier, Sébastien Guignier and Alistair Cole (eds.)
Dictionnaire des politiques territoriales Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2011.
Cole, A. (2007) ‘La Territorialisation de l’action publique au Royaume Uni’, Revue
Française d’Administration Publique, 121-122: 131-144.
Cole, A. (2006) ‘La fonction publique galloise à l’heure de la dévolution’. In Dreyfus,
Françoise, Eymeri, Jean-Michel Science Politique de l’Administration : une approche
comparative Paris: Economica, pp. 153-169.
Bradbury, J. (2003) ‘The Politics of sub-state regionalisation: a neo-functionalist
perspective and the case of devolution in the UK’, British Journal of Politics and
International Relations, 5:4, 543-575.
Carter, C., and Smith A. (2009) ‘What has Scottish devolution changed? Sectors, territory
and polity-building’, British Politics, 4/3, 315-340.
Parry, R. (2008) ‘Changing UK Governance under Devolution’ Public Policy and
Administration, 23: 114-120.
Paul Cairney ‘Has Devolution Changed the 'British Policy Style'? British Politics 3: 350372, 2008.
Decentralisation in France
Question for discussion: Decentralisation in France: central steering or return to grass
roots?
Readings
Romain Pasquier, Sébastien Guignier and Alistair Cole (eds.) Dictionnaire des politiques
territoriales Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2011.
Cole, A. (2012) ‘The French State and its Territories’ Public Administration (PDF file)
Cole, A. (2011) ‘Prefects in Search of a Role in a Europeanised France’ Journal of Public
Policy, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 385–407.
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Cole, A. (2006) ‘Decentralization in France: Central Steering, Capacity Building and
Identity Construction’, French Politics, vol. 4, pp. 31-57. (PDF file)
Le Galès, P. (2008) ‘Territorial politics in France : le calme avant la tempête ?’ In Cole,
A., Le Galès, P. and Levy, J. (eds.) Developments in French Politics 4, Basingstoke:
Palgrave, pp. 235-260
Le Lidec, P. (2007) ‘ Le jeu du compromis. L’État et les collectivités territoriales dans la
decentralisation en France’, Revue française d’administration publique, 121-122 : 111130.
Loughlin, J. (2007) Sub-National Government: the French Experience Basingstoke:
Palgrave.
Pasquier, R. 2009, "The Europeanisation of French regions”, French Politics, 7(2) p.
123-144.
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8). EUROPEANISATION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
Questions for discussion
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Is Europeanisation a useful concept for understanding politics and policy-making
within Europe?
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Has Europeanization gone too far?
Does Europeanisation produce convergence?
Core Text
Ladrech, R. Europeanisation and National Politics Palgrave 2010
Other books
Bale, T. (2005) European Politics Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2005
Bulmer, S. and Christian Lequesne The Member-States of the European Union Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2005, 2010 *
Cowles, M., Caporaso, J. and Risse, T. (2001) Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press).
I. Bache and A. Jordan (eds.) The Europeanization of British Politics, Palgrave, 2006.
P. Graziano and Maarten P. Vink.(eds.) Europeanization: New Research Agendas,
Palgrave, 2007
Articles
Ladrech, R. (2001) ‘Europeanization and French Social Democracy’. Journal of
Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 37-48.
Kennet Lynggaard ‘Domestic change in the face of European integration and
globalization: Methodological pitfalls and pathways’ Comparative European Politics 9:
18-37; 2011
Nicole Bolleyer and Claudio M Radaelli ‘Has Europeanization gone too far?’
Comparative European Politics 7: 384-395; 2009
Sophie Duchesne and André-Paul Frognier ‘National and European Identifications: A
Dual Relationship’ Comparative European Politics 6: 143-168; 2008
David J Bailey ‘Misperceiving Matters: Elite Ideas and the Failure of the European
Constitution’ Comparative European Politics 6: 33-60; 2008
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Borzel, T. (2002) ‘Member State Responses to Europeanisation’, Journal of Common
Market Studies, vol. 40, no. 2.
Buller J and Gamble, A. (2002) ‘Conceptualising Europeanisation’, Public Policy and
Administration vol. 17, no.2.
Cole, A. and Drake, H. (2000) ‘The Europeanization of the French Polity: Continuity,
Change and Adaptation’. Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 26-43
Featherstone Kevin and Claudio Radaelli, (dir) The Politics of Europeanisation Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2003.
Mair, P. (2004) ‘The Europeanisation Dimension’, Journal of European Public Policy,
vol. 11, no. 2.
T. Börzel, 'Pace-Setting, Foot-Dragging, and Fence-Sitting: Member State Responses to
Europeanization', Journal of Common Market Studies, 40: 2, 2001
J.Olsen (2002) ‘The Many Faces of Europeanization’, Journal of Common Market Studies,
vol. 40, no.5
Country specific literature
Kai Oppermann ‘The Blair Government and Europe: The Policy of Containing the
Salience of European Integration’ British Politics 3: 156-182, 2008
Ben Clements The sociological and psychological influences on public support for the
European Union in Britain, 1983–2005 British Politics 4: 47-82, 2009.
Hussein Kassim ‘The United Kingdom and the Future of Europe: Winning the Battle,
Losing the War Comparative European Politics 2: 261-281; 2004
Geoffrey Pridham ‘ Romania and EU membership in comparative perspective: A postaccession compliance problem? – The case of political conditionality’, Perspectives on
European Politics and Society, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2007 pages 168-188
E Harris ‘Europeanization of Slovakia’ Comparative European Politics 2: 185-211;
2004.
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Nicolas Jabko The Importance of Being Nice: An Institutionalist Analysis of French
Preferences on the Future of Europe Comparative European Politics 2: 282-301; 2004
Eiko R Thielemann ‘Dividing Competences: Germany's Vision(s) for Europe's Federal
Future’ Comparative European Politics 2: 358-374; 2004.
Peter Bursens ‘Enduring Federal Consensus: An Institutionalist Account of Belgian
Preferences regarding the Future of Europe’ Comparative European Politics 2: 339-357;
2004.
Nathaniel Copsey and Karolina Pomorska ‘Poland's power and influence in the European
Union: The case of its eastern policy’ Comparative European Politics 8: 304-326; 2010
9). Whose Europe? Institutions and Policies of the European Union
Questions for Discussion
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Who Leads Europe?
Can Europe function without a Permissive Consensus?
Is the democratic deficit deepening?
General articles
Mark A. Pollack ‘Theorizing the European Union: International Organization,
Domestic Polity, or Experiment in New Governance?’ Annual Review of Political
Science 2005. 8:357–98
J. Jupille And J. A. Caporaso ‘ Institutionalism And The European Union: Beyond
International Relations And Comparative Politics’ Annual Review Of Political Science
1999. 2:429.44
Jane Jenson and Frédéric Mérand ‘Sociology, institutionalism and the European Union’
Comparative European Politics 8: 74-92; 2010
Mikko Mattila and Tapio Raunio ‘From consensus to competition? Ideological
alternatives on the EU dimension’ Comparative European Politics 7: 325-341; 2009
General books
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Warleigh-Lack, A. (2009) European Union London:Routledge (ch. 3 and 4))
Archer, C. (2008) The European Union London: Routledge (ch. 3 and 4)
Cini, M. (2006) European Union Politics Oxford: OUP
Magnette, P. (2005) What is the European Union? Basinkstoke: Palgrave
Nugent, N. (2006) The Government and Politics of the European Union Basingstoke: Palgrave-MacMillan
Hayward, J. (2008) Leaderless Europe? Oxford.
Institutions
M.Cormick, J. (2008) Understanding the EU : A Concise Introduction Palgrave.
Nugent, N. (2006) The Government and Politics of the European Union Basingstoke: Palgrave-MacMillan
Bache, I and George, S. (2006) Politics in the European Union Oxford: OUP
Hix, S. (2005) The Political System of the European Union Basingstoke: Palgrave-MacMillan
Cini, M. (2006) European Union Politics Oxford: OUP
Westlake, M. (2004) The Council of the European Union John Harper
Nugent. N. (2000) The European Commission, Palgrave.
Farrell, D. and Scully, R. (2007) Representing Europe’s Citizens Oxford University Press
Judge, D and D. Earnshaw (2007) The European Parliament Palgrave
Policies
Nugent, N. (2006) The Government and Politics of the European Union Basingstoke: Palgrave-MacMillan
(general)
Bache, I and George, S. (2006) Politics in the European Union Oxford: OUP
Wallace, H.,Wallace.W., and Pollack M. (2005) Policy-Making in the European Union
Cini, M. European Union Politics, 2006
Cameron, F. (2007) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy Routledge: 2007.
10). COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND ITS APPROACHES
What does comparative analysis add to the study of Politics?
What is the Travelling Problem in comparative politics?
C. Crouch, Postdemocracy, 2004
C. Hay, Political analysis, 2002
D. Held, Models of democracy, 1996
J. Hopkin, ‘Comparative methods’ ch.12 pp249-267 in D. Marsh and G. Stoker, Theory and Methods in
Political Science, 2nd edition 2002
S. Huntingdon, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, 1991
G. Sartori, ‘Concept misinformation in comparative politics’, American Political Science Review 1970 v64
pp1033-53
G. Sartori, ‘Compare why and how’ in M Dogan and A Kazancigil, Comparing Nations. Concepts
strategies substance, 1994
H. Wilensky, Rich Democracies, 2003
G. Sartori, The Theory of Democracy Revisited, 1987
Compston, H. (ed.) (2004), Handbook of Public Policy in Europe.
Dogan, M. and Pelassy, D. (1990), How to Compare Nations: Strategies in Comparative Politics, 2nd ed.
Landman, T. (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics, 2nd ed., chap 1.
Lijphart, A. (1971), ‘Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method’, American Political Science
Review, vol. 65, pp. 682-93.
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Mackie, T. and Marsh, D. (1995), ‘The Comparative Method’ in D. Marsh and G. Stoker (eds.), Theory and
Methods in Political Science.
Peters, B. Guy (1998), Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods
Mark Bevir and R A W Rhodes ‘Interpretive Approaches to British Government and Politics’ British
Politics 1: 84-112,2006
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