Publications in Political Science
Here is a selection of books we would like to highlight in the political science literature at the University of Gothenburg.
Books sorted by subject
Democracy and democratisation
Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Staffan I. Lindberg, Daniel Pemstein, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Brigitte Seim & Jan Teorell, tillsammans med David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Fernando Bizzarro Neto, Steven Fish, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Carl-Henrik Knutsen, Kelly McMann, Matthew Maguire, Kyle Marquardt, Valeriya Mechkova, Pamela Paxton, Josefine Pernes, Rachel Sigman, Jeffrey Staton, Natalia Stepanova, Eitan Tzelgov & Yi-ting Wang (2020). Varieties of Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
Cornell, Agnes, Jørgen Møller & Svend-Erik Skaaning (2020). Democratic Stability in an Age of Crisis. Oxford University Press.
Research methods
Grimm, Jannis, Kevin Koehler, Ellen Lust, Ilyas Saliba & Isabell Schierenbeck (2020). Safer Research in the Social Sciences. SAGE.
International politics
Aggestam, Karin & Ann Towns (2018). Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation. Palgrave Macmillan.
Brommesson, Douglas & Ann-Marie Ekengren (2017). The Mediatization of Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan.
Ekengren, Ann-Marie & Ulrika Möller (red.) (2023). The Quest for Power in the UNSC. Brill/Nijhoff.
Jepsen, H., Lundgren, M., Monheim, K. & Walker, H. (2021). Negotiating the Paris Agreement. Cambridge University Press.
Corruption
Bågenholm, Andreas, Monika Bauhr, Marcia Grimes & Bo Rothstein (2021). The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government. Oxford University Press.
Kubbe, Ina & Aiysha Varraich (red.) (2020). Corruption and Informal Norms in the Middle East and North Africa. Routledge.
Rothstein, Bo (2021). Controlling Corruption. Oxford University Press.
Rothstein, Bo & Aiysha Varraich (2017). Making Sense of Corruption. Cambridge University Press.
Stensöta, Helena & Lena Wängnerud (red.) (2018). Gender and Corruption. Palgrave Macmillan.
Public administration
Bauer, Michael W., B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Kutsal Yesilkagit & Stefan Becker (red.) (2021). Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration. Cambridge University Press.
Dahlström, Carl & Victor Lapuente (2017). Organizing Leviathan. Cambridge University Press.
Peters, B. Guy & Jon Pierre (2016). Comparative Governance. Cambridge University Press.
Pierre, Jon & B. Guy Peters (2020). Governance, Politics and the State. Palgrave Macmillan.
Political institutions
Lindvall, Johannes (2017). Reform Capacity. Oxford University Press.
Lindvall, Johannes (2025). An Introduction to Comparative Politics. Oxford University Press.
Stockemer, Daniel & Aksel Sundström (2022). Youth Without Representation. University of Michigan Press.
Wängnerud, Lena (2015). The Principles of Gender-Sensitive Parliaments. Routledge.
Political history
Ansell, Ben & J. Lindvall (2021). Inward Conquest. Cambridge University Press.
Kokkonen, Andrej, Jørgen Møller & Anders Sundell (2022). The Politics of Succession. Oxford University Press.
Political development
Kao, Kristen & Ellen Lust (red.) (2025). Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa. University of Michigan Press.
Lust, Ellen (2022). Everyday Choices. Cambridge University Press.
Political behaviour and political parties
Ekengren Oscarsson, Henrik & Sören Holmberg (2020). Research Handbook on Political Partisanship. Edward Elgar.
Hagevi, Magnus, Sofie Blombäck, Marie Demker, Jonas Hinnfors & Karl Loxbo (2022). Party Realignment in Western Europe. Edward Elgar.
Michaelsen, Patrik & Cass R. Sunstein (2023). Default Nudges. Palgrave Macmillan.
Naurin, Elin, Terry Royed & Robert Thomson (red.) (2019). Party Mandates and Democracy. University of Michigan Press.
