Reg No: HS 2018/28

 

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Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Science

Course Reading

Aspects of Sweden

Valid from autumn semester 2018

 

Course Code: SVGE10
Course Title: Aspects of Sweden
Aspects of Sweden
Credits: 7.5
Degree Level: Bachelor


Books
Bäckström, Anders, Edgardh Bäckman, Ninna, Pettersson, Per. Religious Change in Northern Europe. The Case of Sweden - from state church to free folk church. Final Report, Stockholm: Verburn Available as PDF on the coursportal Itslearning

Larson, Torbjörn & Bäck, Henry. Governing and Governance in Sweden. Studentlitteratur, 2008.

Thomas Lindkvist, Maria Sjöberg, Susanna Hedenborg, Lars Kvarnström ; translation: Donald S. MacQueen . A concise history of Sweden from the Viking age to the present . Studentlitteratur,, 2018. Pages: 229 sidor.

Articles
Pettersson, Per. "State and Religion in Sweden: Ambiguity Between Disestablishment and Religious Control". Nordic Journal of Religion and Society . 2011/24/2. 119-135.

Sporre, Karin. "Value Conflicts and Faith-based Schools - in Contemporary Sweden". Nordic Journal of Religion and Society . 2013/26:2. 175-191.

Additional material
About 100 pages

e-book
Hilson, Mary. The Nordic Model Scandinavia Since 1945. 2008.

Magnusson, Lars. An Economic History of Sweden. 2000.


 

Approved by the Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences, 27 June 2018