Books
Arter, David (1999/2008): Scandinavian Politics Today. Second Edition. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 343 pages.
Heidar, Knut (ed.) (2004): Nordic Politics. Comparative Perspectives, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (All chapters as specified.) 271 p.
- Baldersheim, Harald (2004): "Nordic regions in a European Perspective”
- Christensen, Tom (2004): "Modern state reforms”
- Heidar, Knut (2004a): “State- and nation-building in the Nordic Area”
- Heidar, Knut (2004b): “Parties and party systems”
- Heidar, Knut (2004c): "Comparative Perspectives on the Northern Countries”
- Knutsen, Oddbjørn (2004): "Voters and social cleavages”
- Matlary, Janne Haaland (2004): "The Nordics and the EU”
- Narud, Hanne Marthe (2004): "Parliamentary nomination and political representation Representation - Group Representaion or Party Mandates?”
- Nordby, Trond (2004): "Patterns of corporatist intermediation”
- Nyhamar, Tore (2004): "Security policies from constraints to choice”
- Raaum, Nina (2004): "The Presence of Women in Parliamentary Politics”
- Rasch, Bjørn Erik (2004): "Parliamentary Government”
- Rose, Larry (2004): "Local government and politics”
- Selle, Per (2004): "Civil society in transition”
- Steen, Anton (2004): "The welfare state: Still viable?”
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Egeberg, Morten (2005): "The EU and the Nordic Countries: Organizing Diversity?" in Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne (eds.): The Member States of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 23 p.
Ferrera, Maurizio and Rhodes, Martin (2000): 'Building a Sustainable Welfare State' , pp. 257-282 in Ferrera, Maurizio and Rhodes, Martin (eds.): Recasting European Welfare States. London: Frank Cass. 26 p.
Mouritzen, Poul Erik (2010): "The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why"? chapter 2 in Harald Baldersheim and Larry Rose (eds.): Territorial Choice. The Politics of Boundaries and Borders. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 21 p.
Sandberg, Siv (2011): "The Nordic regions: Institutional development and public debate 1999-2009", chapter 2 in Harald Baldersheim et al. (eds.): The Rise of the networking region. Aldershot: Ashgate. 15 p.
Sørensen, Øystein and Bo Stråth (1997): “Introduction: The Cultural Construction of Norden”, pp. 1-24 in Øystein Sørensen and Bo Stråth, The Cultural Construction of Norden, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 24 p.
Downloadable articles, books and other texts
You can search the articles and e-books in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Contact the Reference Services at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library if you have problems finding the literature.
Brochmann, G. and Hagelund, A. (2011): "Migrants in the Scandinavian Welfare State. The emergence of a social policy problem", Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 1 (1), 13-24.
Daloz, Jean-Pascal (2007): “Political Elites and Conspicuous Modesty: Norway, Sweden, Finland in Comparative Perspective”, in Comparative Social Research, Vol. 23, 173-212.
Economist (2013): Special report on the Nordic countries: Northern lights, London: The Economist, February 2nd, 2013. 14 pages (the contributions in the report are listed in the right margin in the online version. Click on them to read them. These are 'Northern lights', 'More for less', 'The ins and the outs', 'Global niche players', 'If in doubt, innovate', 'Cultural revolution', 'The rich cousin', 'The secret of their success').
Saxi, Håkon Lunde (2010): "Norwegian and Danish Defence Policy: A Comparative analysis of the post-Cold War era”, in Defence and Security Studies, no. 1, pp. 61-125 65 p.