Course Literature (Reading List)

Comparative Political Culture (ASK22K)

Literature

• Akkerman, A., Mudde, C. & Zaslove, A. (2013). How Populist Are the People? Measuring Populist Attitudes in Voters. Comparative Political Studies, 47(9), pp. 1324-1353. DOI: 10.1177/0010414013512600
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• Almond, G. & Verba, S. (2015). An Approach to Political Culture. In The civic culture: Political attitudes and democracy in five nations. Princeton: Princeton university press, pp. 1-44.
  Chapter in book
• Axelson, T. & Stier, J. (2020). ‘Religions – a Janus-Faced Phenomenon in Local Politics: A Swedish Interreligious council and Participants’ Views on Religions as a Possible Asset for Societal Cohesion in the Local Community. Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology, 4(2), pp. 224-246. ISSN: 2397-3471
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• Axelson, T. (2023). Baghdad in My Shadow (2019): a Political Thriller in a Multireligious Europe. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 11(2), pp. 149-170. DOI: 10.1163/21659214-bja10063
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• Bos, L., Wichgers, L. & van Spanje, J. (2021). Are Populists Politically Intolerant? Citizens’ Populist Attitudes and Tolerance of Various Political Antagonists. Political Studies, 71(3), pp. 851-868. DOI: 10.1177/00323217211049299
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• Dalton, R. J. (1996). Political Cleavages, Issues, and Electoral Change. In LeDuc, L., Niemi, R. G. & Norris, P. (ed.) Comparing Democracies: Elections and Voting in Global Perspective. 1st ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 319-342. ISBN: 9780803958364
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• Dalton, R. Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies. In Norris, P. (ed.) Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 57-77.
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• Delhey, J. & Newton, K. (2005). Predicting Cross-National Levels of Social Trust: Global Pattern or Nordic Exceptionalism?. European Sociological Review, 21(4), pp. 311-327. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jci022
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• Denk, T., Christensen, H. S. & Bergh, D. (2015). The Composition of Political Culture—A Study of 25 European Democracies. Studies in Comparative International Development, 50(3), pp. 358-377. DOI: 10.1007/s12116-015-9174-6
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• Foa, R. S. & Mounk, Y. (2017). The Signs of Deconsolidation. Journal of Democracy, 28(1), pp. 5-15. DOI: 10.1353/jod.2017.0000
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• Fuchs, C. (2014). Social media : a critical introduction. 1st ed. London: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9781446257319

  Reading instructions:ch. 8 “Twitter and democracy: a new public sphere?
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• Gessler, T. & Wunsch, N. (2025). A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization. European Journal of Political Research, 64(4), pp. 1593-1617. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12751
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• Grendstad, G. (2003). Comparing political orientations: Grid-group theory versus the left-right dimension in the five Nordic countries. European Journal of Political Research, 42(1), pp. 1-21. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.00072
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• Heath, A., Martin, J. & Spreckelsen, T. (2009). Cross-national Comparability of Survey Attitude Measures. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 21(3), pp. 293-315. DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edp034
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• Hylén, T. Closed and Open Concepts of Religion: The Problem of Essentialism in Teaching About Religion. In Andreassen, B. & Lewis, J. R. (ed.) Textbook Gods: Genre, Text and Teaching Religious Studies., pp. 16-42.
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• Lindgren, S. & Kaun, A. (2024). Programmable politics in the aftermaths of the pandemic. Media, Culture & Society, 47(3), pp. 613-623. DOI: 10.1177/01634437241301616
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• Lövheim, M., Jernsletten, H., Herbert, D., et al. (2018). Tendencies and Variations. In Lundby, K. (ed.) Contesting religion: the media dynamics of cultural conflicts in Scandinavia. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, pp. 33-51.
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• Lundby, K. & Repstad, P. (2018). Scandinavia: Traits, Trends and Tension. In Lundby, K. (ed.) Contesting religion: the media dynamics of cultural conflicts in Scandinavia. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, pp. 13-33.
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• Newton, K. (2001). Trust, Social Capital, Civil Society, and Democracy. International Political Science Review, 22(2), pp. 201-214. DOI: 10.1177/0192512101222004
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• Norris, P. Introduction: The Growth of Critical Citizens. In Norris, P. (ed.) Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Governance., pp. 1-19.
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• Reisinger, W. M. (1995). The Renaissance of a Rubric: Political Culture as Concept and Theory. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 7(4), pp. 328-352. DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/7.4.328
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• Rothstein, B. & Stolle, D. (2008). The State and Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust. Comparative Politics, 40(4), pp. 441-459. DOI: 10.5129/001041508x12911362383354
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• Shirky, C. & Gladwell, M. (2011). From innovation to revolution: Do social media make protests possible?. Foreign Affairs, 90(2), pp. 153-154.
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• Spierings, N. & Zaslove, A. (2017). Gender, populist attitudes, and voting: explaining the gender gap in voting for populist radical right and populist radical left parties. West European Politics, 40(4), pp. 821-847. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2017.1287448
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• Tkacz, N. & Gehl, R. W. (2025). After Twitter: Fragmentation, Platform Polities and Protective Sociality. Social Media + Society, 11(3), pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/20563051251366907
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• Trägårdh, L. The historical incubators of trust in Sweden: from the rule of blood to the rule of law. In Reuter, M., Wijkström, F. & Uggla, Y. (ed.) Trust and organizations: Confidence across borders. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 181-203.
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