Reg No: HS 2016/64

 

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Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Science

Course Reading

Forms of power and governance

Valid from autumn semester 2016

 

Course Code: SVA506
Course Title: Forms of power and governance
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Credits: 7.5
Degree Level: Master

Books
Bevir, M. A Theory of Governance. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2qs2w3rb?query=A.

Bogason, P. Public Policy and Local Governance. Institutions in Postmodern Society. Edvard Elgar Publishing , 2000. (valda kapitel).

Dean, M. Governmentality: Power and Rule in Modern Society. London: Sage, 2010. (valda kapitel).

Narbutaite-Aflaki, I. Petridou, E. and Miles, L. eds. Entrepreneurship in the Polis. Understanding Political Entrepreneurship. Surray: Ashgate Publishing Limited , 2015. (valda kapitel).

Chapter in a book
Cram, L. "From ”Integration by Stealth” to ”Good Governance” in EU social policy". In: Innovative governance in the European Union: the Politics of Multilevel Policy Making social policy. Edited by Ingeborg Tömmel, Amy Verdun. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.

Jessop, B. "Multi-level Governance and Multi-level Metagovernance. Changes in the European union as Integral Moment in the Transformation and Reorientation of Contemporary Statehood". In: Multi-level Governance. Edited by Bache, I. & Flinders M. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 25 p.

Peters; G. and Pierre, J. "Multi-level Governance and Democracy: A Faustian Bargain". In: Multi-level Governance. Edited by Bache, I. & Flinders, M. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 14 p.

Warleigh, A. "Conceptual Combinations: Multilevel Governance and Policy Networks". In: European union Studies. Edited by Cini, M. & Bourne, A.K. Houndmills Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Articles
Berger, G. "Reflections on Governance: Power Relations and Policy Making in Regional Sustainable Development". Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2003, Volume 5, Issue 3.

Sørensen. E and Torfing, J. " Making governance networks effective and democratic through metagovernance". Public Administration. 2009, Vol 8 Nr 2. p. 234-258.

Further reading may be required (around 100 pages).

Reference literature: Chosen in consultation with the supervisor.

 

Approved by the Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences, 14 March 2016