The Swiss Labyrinth: Institutions, Outcomes and Redesign / Edition 1

by Jan-Erik Lane

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714651422
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Political scientists love to do institutional research on Switzerland because there are so many and they are so intertwined. The referendum, Swiss federalism, and the grand coalition are the favorites, but the mostly Swiss scholars here also consider corporatism, the Central Bank, the Federal Supreme Court, and the electoral system's proportional and majoritarian techniques. They apply the new institutional paradigm from the social sciences. The 11 papers also appeared as , vol. 24, no. 2 (April 2001). Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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