Ulrich Kloti Peter Knoepfel Hanspeter Kriesi Wolf Under
Yannis Papadopoulos
Handbook of Swiss Politics
Neue Ziircher Zeitung Publishing
source: https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.7959 | downloaded: 14.2.2022
Contents
1 Fundamentals
1.1 Political Culture (Wolf Linder) 13 1.2 Switzerland in the World (Jiirg M. Gabriel/Jon A. Fanzun) 33 1.3 Social and Economic Structure (Rene Levy) 49 2 Institutions
2.1 Federalism (Adrian Vatter) 71 2.2 Direct Democracy (Wolf Linder) 101 2.3 The Parliament (Ruth Liithi) 121 2.4 The Government (Ulrich Kloti) 147 2.5 The Judicial System (Walter Kalin) 173 3 Organisations
3.1 The Political Parties and the Parry System (Andreas Ladner) 197 3.2 Social Movements: Structures, Processes
and Consequences (Marco Giugni) 243 3.3 Interest Groups (Andre Mach) 279 4 Cantons and Communes
4.1 The Swiss Cantons: Equality
and Difference (Rainmund E. Germann/ Ulrich Kloti) 317 4.2 The Communes in Switzerland (Hans Geser) 349 4.3 Intergovernmental Relations (Walter Schenkel/Uwe Serdiilt) 393
5 Decision-Making Processes
5.1 The Federal Elections in Switzerland (Boris Wernli) 431 5.2 Popular Votes (Alexander H. Trechsel) 479 5.3 The Decision-Making Process (Pascal Sciarini) 509 5.4 The Implementation of Public Policies
(Ingrid Kissling-Naf/Sonja Walti) 563 6 Public Policies
6.1 Foreign and Security Policy (Jiirg M. Gabriel /Jon A. Fanzun) 601 6.2 Swiss Economic and Fiscal Policy (Klaus Armingeon) 633 6.3 Regional Planning, Infrastructure Policies (Transport, Energy),
and the Environment (Martin Benninghoff/ Peter Knoepfel /
Serge Terribilini / Frederic Varone) 673 6.4 Social Policies (Sandro Cattacin/VeroniqueTattini) 711 6.5 Education, Science and Cultural Policy (Dietmar Braun) 743 Editors 777 Authors 779 Index 787
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