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Politics, Power and Governance
Year 1 (2020/2021)
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Contents
Week 1 5
Week 1 L1 info 5
Summary of Leach, E. (2008). What is politics really about? 7
Summary of Scott – Patterns of Power (pp.1-5) 9
Week 1 L2 info 11
Summary of Scott – Elementary forms of social power (pp12-16) 18
Summary of Scott – Structures of domination (pp16-25) 19
Summary of Smith – Legitimacy, Authority & Bureaucracy (chapter 6) 21
Week 2 24
Week 2 L3 info 24
Summary of Milgram, S. (1965). Some Conditions of Obedience and Disobedience to Authority. Human
Relations, 18 (1), pp.57-76. 31
Summary of Withfield, S.J. (1981) Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil. Society for History Education,
14(4), pp.469-477 32
Summary of De Swaan, A. (2001) Dyscivilization, Mass Extermination and the State. Theory, Culture &
Society, 18(2-3), pp.265-276 33
Week 2 L4 info 34
Summary of Tilly, Charles (1990). Chapter 3. How War Made States, and Vice Versa. In: Coercion, Capital, and
European States. Blackwell: Cambridge.. 39
Summary of Anderson, B. (2006). Introduction & Chapter 10. In: Imagined Communities. Reflections on the
origins and spread of nationalism. London: Verso, Revised Edition 41
Week 3 43
Week 3 L5 info 43
Summary of Needler, Martin C. (1996). Chapter 7: Constitutions and Constitutional Principles & Chapter 8:
Parliamentary and Presidential systems. In: Identity, Interest and Ideology. An introduction to politics.
Praeger Publishers: Westport, pp. 57-68. 50
Summary of The Federalist papers article 10 and 51 51
Week 3 L6 info 52
Summary of Scott, J.C. (1995) State simplifications: Nature, State and People. Journal of Political Philosophy,
3(3): 191-233 59
Summary of Scott, J.C. (1998). Authoritarian High Modernism. In: Seeing Like a State. New Haven: Yale
University Press. 63
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Week 4 63
Week 4 L7 info 63
Summary of Downs, A. (1967). Chapter 6: Internal Characteristics Common to all Bureaucracies. In: Inside
Bureaucracies. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 74
Summary of Hague, & Harrop, M. (2013). The Policy Process, in: Comparative Government and Politics: An
introduction (9th ed). Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. Pp. 342-359. 80
Week 4 L8 info 82
Summary of Scott (book) Pressure and Policy formation (pp.51-56) 88
Summary of Lowery, D. (2004), Representing Interests – An argument. In: Organized Interest and American
Government. McGraw-Hill: New York, pp. 1-28. 89
Summary of Kingdon, J.W. (2012). Ch. 10 Wrapping things up. In: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policy.
Essex: Pearson. 90
Week 5 94
Week 5 L9 info 94
Summary of Kriesi (2010) Restructuring of Partisan Politics and the Emergence of a New Cleavage Based on
Values. West European Politics, 33(3), pp. 673-685 [you can skip pages 674-676] 102
Summary of Ford, R. & Jennings, W. (2020) The Changing Cleavage Politics of Western Europe. Annual
Review of Political Science, 23, pp.295-314. 104
Week 5 L10 info 106
Summary of Scott (book) Decisions, Non-Decisions and Representation (pp.56-70) 114
Summary of Cobb & Elder (1971), The Politics of Agenda-Building: An Alternative Perspective for Modern
Democratic Theory. The Journal of Politics, 33(4), pp.892-915. 115
Summary of Scott (book) Protest and Collective Mobilization (chapter 6). 116
Week 6 120
Week 6 L11 info 120
Summary of Scott (book) Command and Sovereign Power (chapter 2) 128
Summary of Genieys, W. (2015) C, Wright Mills – The Power Elite. In: Lodge, M, Page, E.C., & Balla, S.J. (eds.)
The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration. Oxford: Oxford University Press 129
Summary of Scott – Constraint and Hegemony (chapter4) 130
Week 6 L12 info 133
Summary of Lukes, S. (1974). Excerpts from: Power. A radical view. MacMillan: London 143
Summary of Scott (book) Discipline and Expertise (pp.92-99). 146
Week 7 147
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Week 7 L13 info 147
Summary of Gill, R. (2007). Gender in Magazines: From Cosmopolitan to Loaded. In: Gender and the Media.
Polity Press: Cambridge. 154
Summary of Foucault, M. (1995), Panopticism. In: Discipline and Punishment. The birth of the Prison. 156
Summary of Smith, M.J. (2009) Chapter 9. Surveillance. In: Power and the State. Palgrave MacMillan:
Houndmills 158
Week 7 L14 info 161
Politics, Power and Governance
Year 1 (2020/2021)
,2
Contents
Week 1 5
Week 1 L1 info 5
Summary of Leach, E. (2008). What is politics really about? 7
Summary of Scott – Patterns of Power (pp.1-5) 9
Week 1 L2 info 11
Summary of Scott – Elementary forms of social power (pp12-16) 18
Summary of Scott – Structures of domination (pp16-25) 19
Summary of Smith – Legitimacy, Authority & Bureaucracy (chapter 6) 21
Week 2 24
Week 2 L3 info 24
Summary of Milgram, S. (1965). Some Conditions of Obedience and Disobedience to Authority. Human
Relations, 18 (1), pp.57-76. 31
Summary of Withfield, S.J. (1981) Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil. Society for History Education,
14(4), pp.469-477 32
Summary of De Swaan, A. (2001) Dyscivilization, Mass Extermination and the State. Theory, Culture &
Society, 18(2-3), pp.265-276 33
Week 2 L4 info 34
Summary of Tilly, Charles (1990). Chapter 3. How War Made States, and Vice Versa. In: Coercion, Capital, and
European States. Blackwell: Cambridge.. 39
Summary of Anderson, B. (2006). Introduction & Chapter 10. In: Imagined Communities. Reflections on the
origins and spread of nationalism. London: Verso, Revised Edition 41
Week 3 43
Week 3 L5 info 43
Summary of Needler, Martin C. (1996). Chapter 7: Constitutions and Constitutional Principles & Chapter 8:
Parliamentary and Presidential systems. In: Identity, Interest and Ideology. An introduction to politics.
Praeger Publishers: Westport, pp. 57-68. 50
Summary of The Federalist papers article 10 and 51 51
Week 3 L6 info 52
Summary of Scott, J.C. (1995) State simplifications: Nature, State and People. Journal of Political Philosophy,
3(3): 191-233 59
Summary of Scott, J.C. (1998). Authoritarian High Modernism. In: Seeing Like a State. New Haven: Yale
University Press. 63
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Week 4 63
Week 4 L7 info 63
Summary of Downs, A. (1967). Chapter 6: Internal Characteristics Common to all Bureaucracies. In: Inside
Bureaucracies. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 74
Summary of Hague, & Harrop, M. (2013). The Policy Process, in: Comparative Government and Politics: An
introduction (9th ed). Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. Pp. 342-359. 80
Week 4 L8 info 82
Summary of Scott (book) Pressure and Policy formation (pp.51-56) 88
Summary of Lowery, D. (2004), Representing Interests – An argument. In: Organized Interest and American
Government. McGraw-Hill: New York, pp. 1-28. 89
Summary of Kingdon, J.W. (2012). Ch. 10 Wrapping things up. In: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policy.
Essex: Pearson. 90
Week 5 94
Week 5 L9 info 94
Summary of Kriesi (2010) Restructuring of Partisan Politics and the Emergence of a New Cleavage Based on
Values. West European Politics, 33(3), pp. 673-685 [you can skip pages 674-676] 102
Summary of Ford, R. & Jennings, W. (2020) The Changing Cleavage Politics of Western Europe. Annual
Review of Political Science, 23, pp.295-314. 104
Week 5 L10 info 106
Summary of Scott (book) Decisions, Non-Decisions and Representation (pp.56-70) 114
Summary of Cobb & Elder (1971), The Politics of Agenda-Building: An Alternative Perspective for Modern
Democratic Theory. The Journal of Politics, 33(4), pp.892-915. 115
Summary of Scott (book) Protest and Collective Mobilization (chapter 6). 116
Week 6 120
Week 6 L11 info 120
Summary of Scott (book) Command and Sovereign Power (chapter 2) 128
Summary of Genieys, W. (2015) C, Wright Mills – The Power Elite. In: Lodge, M, Page, E.C., & Balla, S.J. (eds.)
The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration. Oxford: Oxford University Press 129
Summary of Scott – Constraint and Hegemony (chapter4) 130
Week 6 L12 info 133
Summary of Lukes, S. (1974). Excerpts from: Power. A radical view. MacMillan: London 143
Summary of Scott (book) Discipline and Expertise (pp.92-99). 146
Week 7 147
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Week 7 L13 info 147
Summary of Gill, R. (2007). Gender in Magazines: From Cosmopolitan to Loaded. In: Gender and the Media.
Polity Press: Cambridge. 154
Summary of Foucault, M. (1995), Panopticism. In: Discipline and Punishment. The birth of the Prison. 156
Summary of Smith, M.J. (2009) Chapter 9. Surveillance. In: Power and the State. Palgrave MacMillan:
Houndmills 158
Week 7 L14 info 161
