Tommy Möller

Tommy Möller (born 1958) is a Swedish professor of Political science at Stockholm University,^[1][2] and a frequent political commentator in the Swedish media.^[3]

Möller received his Ph.D. from Uppsala University in 1986.^[4] Tommy Möller has been recognized for his work on Swedish elections and political parties.^[5]

As political commentator

Möller has acted as political commentator in most all of the Swedish media, including Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Eko^[6] and Rapport.^[7] On Election Night, 2006, Möller provided political commentary for the national radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio as the votes were tallied.^[8] Möller has also written op-eds for the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.^[9][10][11] During the controversy after the 2004 tsunami, Thomas Möller supported king Carl XVI Gustafs with op-eds in Dagens Nyheter and Expressen.^[12][13]

Other

At Almedalen Week 2009, Möller chaired a seminar on political lobbying in Sweden, and participated in another seminar where he discussed the role of politicians in a political system using preferential voting.^[14][15]

Publications (selection)

This list is limited to books. A more complete list of publications is available at Möller's department homepage^[16]

• Borgerlig samverkan. Uppsala: Diskurs Förlag, 1986. (Dissertation, Uppsala University) ISBN 91-86732-01-3
• Partier och organisationer, Mats Bäck and Tommy Möller, 1st edition, Stockholm: Allmänna förlaget, 1990. ISBN 91-38-90534-5. Several more editions (6th edition, Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik, 2003)
• Brukare och klienter i välfärdsstaten: Om missnöje och påverkan inom barn- och äldreomsorg. Stockholm: Publica, 1996. ISBN 91-38-92565-6
• Politikerförakt eller mogen misstro? Stockholm: Svenska kommunförbundet, 1998. ISBN 91-7099-759-4
• Premiär för personval. Forskningsrapporter utgivna av Rådet för utvärdering av 1998 års val. SOU 1999:92. (Editor, with Sören Holmberg). ISBN 91-7610-809-0
• Demokratins trotjänare. Lokalt partiarbete förr och nu. Demokratiutredningens forskarvolym X, SOU 1999:130. (With Gullan Gidlund). ISBN 91-7610-765-5
• Politikens meningslöshet. Om misstro, cynism och utanförskap. Malmö: Liber förlag, 2000. ISBN 91-47-06126-X
• Att lyckas med välfärdsreformer. Erfarenheter, strategier och förutsättningar. Stockholm: Reforminstitutet, 2001. ISBN 91-89613-00-7
• Uppsala stads historia. 11, Nittonhundratalets Uppsala. (With Hans Norman). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 2002. ISBN 91-971216-9-X (inb)
• Mellan ljusblå och mörkblå: Gunnar Heckscher som högerledare. Stockholm: SNS, 2004. ISBN 91-7150-938-0 (inb)
• Svensk politisk historia 1809-1975. (1st edition) Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2004. ISBN 91-44-04262-0 (2nd ed., Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2005, ISBN 91-44-04309-0.)
• Folkomröstningar. Stockholm: SNS förlag, 2005. ISBN 91-7150-982-8
• Svensk politisk historia: strid och samverkan under tvåhundra år, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2007. ISBN 978-91-44-04857-4
• Politiskt ledarskap. Malmö: Liber, 2009. ISBN 978-91-47-08675-7

References

1. SE. "University profile, Stockholm University". .su.se. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
2. Ekman, Ivar (11 November 2006). "Top Swedish official backs Turkey for EU". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
3. Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council) (2002) Swedish Research in Political Science. Editors: Göran Hydén, Ellen Immergut, Arild Underdal p. 69
4. Möller, Tommy (1986). "Borgerlig samverkan : [Nonsocialist cooperation]". libris.kb.se LIBRIS (in Swedish). Diskurs. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
5. "Swedish Research in Political Science" (PDF). Retrieved 6 February 2010.
6. Rundqvist, Daniel (16 August 2002). "Tommy Möller: Låga siffror kan bero på m-ledaren (Tommy Möller: Low figures may be due to the Moderate party leader)". Dagens Eko (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
7. "Borgerliga väljer MP i klimatfrågan (Centre-right voters turn to the Environmental party when it comes to climate issues)". Rapport (in Swedish). 6 December 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
8. Valet i Sveriges Radio (The Election in Sveriges Radio), retrieved 2010-01-31 (Swedish)
9. "Poll: Alliance lead extended". The Local. 2006-08-18. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
10. Möller, Tommy (2005-04-19). "Kungen och regeringen samarbetar sämre i dag" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
11. Möller, Tommy (2009-02-28). "Personfrågan avgörande i nästa års valrörelse" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
12. http://www.expressen.se/1.284280
13. http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=404606
14. Lobbyismens roll i demokratin (The role of lobbyism in a democracy) Almedalen Week 2009 programme, retrieved 2010-01-31 (Swedish)
15. Politik som förförelsekonst (Politics and the art of seduction) Almedalen Week 2009 programme, retrieved 2010-01-31 (Swedish)
16. Tommy Möller, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University