This course will provide an introduction into the field of territorial politics. Students will discuss the literature that studies the effects of subnational institutions and the subnational geographical context on political behaviour, processes, and outcomes such as citizen opinions, voters, elections, parties, governments, and public policy. Particular attention will be paid to the literature that deals with voters, elections, parties, and representatives at the local and regional levels in Norway and other European countries. Students will read and discuss important arguments and research findings from different perspectives within the territorial politics literature and they will develop their own arguments on the questions whether and how territorial politics is reshaping democracy in European multilevel countries.
An unique feature of this course is that students will write an independent research paper in which they draw on three major data collections of the
After successfully completing the course, students have obtained the following learning outcomes defined in knowledge (kunnskap), skills (ferdigheter), and general competence (generell kompetanse):
Knowledge
The student
Skills
The student
General competence
The student
Research proposal of maximum 1500 words.
The approval of compulsory assignment has no time limit.