02623oam 22005535 450 991047345170332120231205232601.03-030-63266-010.1007/978-3-030-63266-3(CKB)4100000011728535(DE-He213)978-3-030-63266-3(MiAaPQ)EBC6460302(Au-PeEL)EBL6460302(OCoLC)1235597643(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63744(PPN)259466247(EXLCZ)99410000001172853520210120d2021 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSwiss democracy possible solutions to conflict in multicultural societies /Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller4th ed. 2021.Springer Nature2021Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (xxiii, 295 pages) illustrations (some color)3-030-63265-2 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.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.Cultural pluralismSwitzerlandDemocracySwitzerlandFederal governmentSwitzerlandSwitzerlandPolitics and governmentCultural pluralismDemocracyFederal government320.94320.9494Linder Wolf1944-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1439569Mueller Seanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910473451703321Swiss democracy3601827UNINA