Swiss democracy : possible solutions to conflict in multicultural societies / Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller.
Linder, Wolf, 1944- author.; Mueller, Sean, author.
2021
JN8788
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Title
Swiss democracy : possible solutions to conflict in multicultural societies / Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller.
Author
Linder, Wolf, 1944- author.
Edition
4th ed. 2021.
ISBN
9783030632663 (electronic bk.)
3030632660 (electronic bk.)
3030632652
9783030632670 (print)
3030632679
9783030632687 (print)
3030632687
9783030632656
9783030632656
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63266-3
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-63266-3 doi
Call Number
JN8788
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.209494
Summary
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political power sharing. In this new edition, the authors also address several important changes and challenges that have affected Swiss democracy, including the country's relationship with the EU, fiscal equalisation, direct democracy and the legitimacy of national referendums, territorial conflict, as well as the polarisation of party politics. Wolf Linder is Professor emeritus of the Institute of Political Science, University of Berne, Switzerland. His main areas of research are Swiss politics, direct democracy and Europeanisation. Sean Mueller is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, University of Berne, Switzerland. His main areas of research are Swiss and comparative federalism, power-sharing and direct democracy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 12, 2021).
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Mueller, Sean, author.
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1. Introduction
2. Building a Multicultural Society by Political Integration
3. Federalism
4. Direct Democracy
5. Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing
6. Comparative Perspectives
7. Switzerland in Europe and the World.

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