The Swiss Labyrinth

Institutions, Outcomes and Redesign
Herausgeber: Lane, Jan-Erik

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It can be argued that Switzerland has a peculiar set of political institutions, for example decentralized federalism, active referendum democracy, and La formule magique (grand coalition). This volume focuses upon the political and social outcomes of these institutions in the 1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780714651422
• ISBN-10: 0714651427
• Artikelnr.: 21575226

Autorenporträt

Lane, Jan-Erik

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Switzerland - key institutions and behavioural outcomes,
Jan-Erik Lane; consensual government in a heterogeneous polity, Ulrich
Kloeti; how does direct democracy matter? The impact of referendum votes
upon politics and policy-making, Iannis Papadopoulos; the Federal
Parliament - the limits of institutional reform, Hanspeter Kriesi; towards
the judicialization of Swiss politics?, Christine Rothmayr; institutions
and outcomes of federalism - the role of the cantons in Swiss politics,
Wolf Linder and Adrian Vatter; Swiss political parties - between
persistance and change, Andreas Ladner; institutionalizing the Swiss
Welfare State, Klaus Armingeon; the growth of the public sector in
Switzerland, Jan-Erik Lane; the political economy of Switzerland - a
monetarist success?, Jan-Erik Lane; Switzerland and the European
integration process - engagement without marriage, Cedric Dupont and Pascal
Sciarini.