Tommy Möller

{{short description|Swedish political scientist}}

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Tommy Möller (born 1958) is a Swedish professor of Political science at Stockholm University,

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and a frequent conservative political commentator in the Swedish media.Vetenskapsrådet

(The Swedish Research Council) (2002) Swedish Research in Political Science. Editors: Göran Hydén, Ellen Immergut, Arild Underdal p. 69 {{cite web|url=http://www.cm.se/webbshop_vr/pdfer/VR2002_1.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=6 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303020435/http://www.cm.se/webbshop_vr/pdfer/VR2002_1.pdf |archivedate=3 March 2012 }}

Möller received his PhD from Uppsala University in 1986.

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Tommy Möller has been recognized for his work on Swedish elections and political parties.

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As political commentator

Möller has acted as political commentator in most all of the Swedish media, including Dagens Nyheter{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}, Svenska Dagbladet{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}, Aftonbladet{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}, Expressen{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}, Dagens Eko{{Cite web

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|title = Tommy Möller: Låga siffror kan bero på m-ledaren (Tommy Möller: Low figures may be due to the Moderate party leader)

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and Rapport.

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On Election Night, 2006, Möller provided political commentary for the national radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio as the votes were tallied.[http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2492&artikel=829645 Valet i Sveriges Radio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105053036/http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?ProgramID=2492&Artikel=829645 |date=5 November 2009 }} (The Election in Sveriges Radio), retrieved 31 January 2010 {{in lang|sv}} Möller has also written op-eds for the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/4633/20060818/|title=Poll: Alliance lead extended|date=18 August 2006|publisher=The Local|accessdate=5 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/opinion/debatt/kungen-och-regeringen-samarbetar-samre-i-dag-1.703951|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022013440/http://www.dn.se/opinion/debatt/kungen-och-regeringen-samarbetar-samre-i-dag-1.703951|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2009|title=Kungen och regeringen samarbetar sämre i dag|last=Möller|first=Tommy|date=19 April 2005|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|language=Swedish|accessdate=5 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/opinion/debatt/personfragan-avgorande-i-nasta-ars-valrorelse-1.810043|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302103609/http://www.dn.se/opinion/debatt/personfragan-avgorande-i-nasta-ars-valrorelse-1.810043|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2009|title=Personfrågan avgörande i nästa års valrörelse|last=Möller|first=Tommy|date=28 February 2009|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|language=Swedish|accessdate=5 February 2010}}

During the controversy after the 2004 tsunami, Thomas Möller supported king Carl XVI Gustafs with op-eds in Dagens Nyheter and Expressen.{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/1.284280 |title=Dags att stärka kungamakten? - Debatt - Expressen.se |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428163418/http://www.expressen.se/1.284280 |archive-date=28 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=404606 |title=DN.se - 404 sidan kan ej visas |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611120612/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=404606 |url-status=dead }}

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.[http://almedalen.prod3.imcms.net/event/user-view/4485 Lobbyismens roll i demokratin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154240/http://almedalen.prod3.imcms.net/event/user-view/4485 |date=23 July 2011 }} (The role of lobbyism in a democracy) Almedalen Week 2009 programme, retrieved 31 January 2010 {{in lang|sv}}[http://almedalen.prod3.imcms.net/event/user-view/3347 Politik som förförelsekonst] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154437/http://almedalen.prod3.imcms.net/event/user-view/3347 |date=23 July 2011 }} (Politics and the art of seduction) Almedalen Week 2009 programme, retrieved 31 January 2010 {{in lang|sv}}

Publications (selection)

This list is limited to books. A more complete list of publications is available at Möller's department homepage[http://www.statsvet.su.se/homepages/tommy_moller.htm Tommy Möller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718201406/http://www.statsvet.su.se/homepages/tommy_moller.htm |date=18 July 2011 }}, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University

  • 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}}

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