The Swiss labyrinth : institutions, outcomes, and redesign / editor, Jan-Erik Lane.

Other author Lane, Jan-Erik.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2001.
Description249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Switzerland: key institutions and behavioural outcomes / Jan-Erik Lane -- Consensual government in a heterogeneous polity / Ulrich Klöti -- How does direct democracy matter? The impact of referendum votes on politics and policy-making / Yannis Papadopoulos -- The federal parliament: the limits of institutional reform / Hanspeter Kriesi -- Towards the judicialisation of Swiss politics? / Christine Rothmayr -- Institutions and outcomes of Swiss federalism: the role of the cantons in Swiss politics / Wolf Linder and Adrian Vatter -- Swiss political parties: between persistence and change / Andreas Ladner -- Institutionalising the Swiss welfare state / Klaus Armingeon -- The growth of the public sector in Switzerland / Jan-Erik Lane, Reinert Maeland -- The political economy of Switzerland: a monetarist success? / Jan-Erik Lane -- Switzerland and the European integration process: engagement without marriage / Cédric Dupont and Pascal Sciarini.
General note"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of West European politics (ISSN 0140-2382) vol. 24, no. 2 (April 2001)"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001028471
ISBN0714651427

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Joyner General Stacks JN8781 .S95 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold