Swiss Democracy : Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies / / by Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller
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| Autore: |
Linder Wolf <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Swiss Democracy : Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies / / by Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
| Edizione: | 4th ed. 2021. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina: | 320.94 |
| 320.9494 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Europe - Politics and government |
| Political science | |
| European Politics | |
| Political Science | |
| Classificazione: | POL007000POL058000 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MuellerSean |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. . |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Swiss democracy |
| ISBN: | 9783030632663 |
| 3030632660 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910473451703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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