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Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021

1 online resource (310 pages)

ISBN 9783030632663 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9783030632656

Print version: Linder, Wolf Swiss Democracy Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 ISBN 9783030632656

3.3.2 Energy Policy: From Federal Deadlock to Cantonal Experiments -- 3.3.3 Coping with Inequality: The Example of Swiss Primary Schools.

2.5.2 From Class Struggle to Economic Partnership -- 2.6 Proportional Representation: The Universal Key to Power-Sharing -- 2.7 The Limits of Swiss Pluralism: New Challenges for Integration -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Federalism -- 3.1 Institutions -- 3.1.1 The Swiss Interpretation of Federalism -- 3.1.2 The Division of Powers Between the Federation and the Cantons -- 3.1.3 Non-centralisation-Not Decentralisation -- 3.1.4 Relations Between the Federation and the Cantons -- 3.2 Federal Elements in the Decision-Making Process -- 3.2.1 Bicameralism -- 3.2.2 The People’s and the Cantons’ Vote -- 3.2.3 Local Governments: The Corner Stone of the Swiss ’Bottom-Up’ State -- 3.2.4 Citizens’ Self-administration -- 3.3 Federalism at Work -- 3.3.1 Cooperative Federalism: How Federal Tasks Are Implemented by Cantons and Communes ---

3.3.2 Energy Policy: From Federal Deadlock to Cantonal Experiments -- 3.3.3 Coping with Inequality: The Example of Swiss Primary Schools.

Swiss Democracy -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Building a Multicultural Society by Political Integration -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Origins of Modern Switzerland -- 2.3 Turning Poor Odds into Good Ones: Factors that Made Swiss Nation-Building a Success3 -- 2.3.1 Economy -- 2.3.2 Pressure from the Outside -- 2.3.3 Democracy and Social Values -- 2.3.4 Combining Democracy with Federalism -- 2.4 Religious and Ethnic Minorities: From Coexistence to Pluralism -- 2.4.1 Political Catholicism: From Segmentation to Integration -- 2.4.2 Multilingualism: Understandings and Misunderstandings -- 2.4.3 Jura: The Exception to Integration -- 2.5 The Challenges of Socio-economic Inequality -- 2.5.1 A Working Class Without a Homeland ---

4.2 Institutions, Historical Development and Meanings of Direct Democracy -- 4.2.1 Obligatory and Optional Referenda -- 4.2.2 The Popular Initiative -- 4.2.3 Direct and Semi-direct Democracy: Historical Origins and Development -- 4.3 A Closer Look at the Referendum and the Initiative -- 4.3.1 The Issues -- 4.3.2 Direct Democracy’s Role in Political Agenda-Setting -- 4.3.3 The Use of Referenda and Initiatives -- 4.3.4 ’Braking’ Referenda and ’Innovating’ Initiatives: Two Different Devices of Direct Democracy -- 4.3.4.1 The Braking Effect of the Referendum -- 4.3.4.2 The Innovating Effect of the Popular Initiative -- 4.4 Participation in Direct Democracy -- 4.4.1 The Deciding Majority, Or Who Are the People? -- 4.4.2 Regular Voters, Occasional Participants and Abstentionists -- 4.5 The People Between Knowledge, Trust and Propaganda ---

5.3.1 The Main Characteristics of Political Compromise: No Single Winner Takes All, Everybody Wins Something -- 5.3.2 The Technique of Political Compromise: Compensations That Transform Conflict from Zero-Sum into Positive-Sum Games -- 5.3.3 Cooperation, Trust and the Deliberative Learning Processes -- 5.3.4 Political Elitism and Its Limits -- 5.4 The Critics of Swiss Consensus Democracy -- 5.4.1 The Referendum as an Instrument of Vested Interests -- 5.4.2 Inequalities of Influence -- 5.4.3 Lack of Innovation? -- 5.5 Consensus Democracy Under Stress -- 5.5.1 The ’Konkordanz’ Crisis of 2008 -- 5.5.2 Power-Sharing in a Polarised Parliament -- 5.5.3 The Pressure of Globalisation -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.6.1 Swiss Democracy: An Exceptional System -- 5.6.2 Who Has More Influence: The British or the Swiss Voter?-The Trade-off Between Elections and Direct Participation ---

3.3.4 Swiss Federalism: Solidarity Is more Important than Competition -- 3.3.5 Dealing with Separatism: The Arduous Birth of a New Canton -- 3.4 The Limits of Swiss Federalism -- 3.4.1 Limits of Implementation: Why Some Foreigners Can Buy Real Estate in Switzerland But Others Cannot -- 3.4.2 The Weakness of Federal Authorities: How a Canton Can Deny Human Rights to Its Citizens -- 3.5 Challenges -- 3.5.1 Federalism Versus Democracy: Why One Citizen from Uri Outweighs 35 Citizens from Zurich -- 3.5.2 Urban Regions-The Forgotten Dimension of Swiss Federalism -- 3.5.3 The External Challenge: Federalism in a Period of Globalisation -- 3.5.4 The Internal Challenge: Why Do the Swiss Want to Preserve Federalism? -- References -- Chapter 4: Direct Democracy -- 4.1 Introduction: The Vote to Abolish the Swiss Army ---

6.1.1 Experiences of Direct Democracy Compared -- 6.1.2 The Practice of Direct Democracy in US States and Switzerland: Similarities and Differences -- 6.1.3 The Theory of Direct Democracy: Between Ideal and Reality -- 6.1.3.1 Direct Versus Representative Democracy -- 6.1.3.2 ’Sensible’ or ’Semi-Direct’ Democracy: A Third Model? -- 6.1.3.3 Perspectives of Direct Participation -- 6.2 Federalism -- 6.2.1 Basics of Federal Institutions -- 6.2.2 Structure, Processes and Political Culture -- 6.2.3 Modern Meanings of Federalism -- 6.2.3.1 Cultural Autonomy and Difference -- 6.2.3.2 Federalism in Times of Globalisation -- 6.2.3.3 Federalism in Developing Countries -- 6.2.3.4 Federalism as a Guarantee for Cultural Difference and Diversity -- 6.2.3.5 Federalism and Democracy -- 6.2.3.6 The Question of Secession -- 6.2.4 Non-Territorial Federalism -- 6.3 Power-Sharing and Consensus Democracy -- 6.3.1 Majoritarian and Consensus Democracy: A Comparison -- 6.3.2 Democratic Power-Sharing: A Key to Resolving Conflicts in Multicultural Societies -- References -- Chapter 7: Switzerland in Europe and the World -- 7.1 Europeanised but not a Member of the EU: Why? -- 7.1.1 Direct Democracy -- 7.1.2 National Autonomy and Political Neutrality -- 7.1.3 The Political Economy of Globalisation and Europeanisation -- 7.2 Can the Institutions of Swiss Democracy Autonomously Survive? -- 7.3 The Future -- 7.4 What the Case of Switzerland Can Bring to Others -- 7.4.1 Switzerland: An ’export model’? -- 7.4.2 The ’dialogue model’ -- References -- Index.

4.2 Institutions, Historical Development and Meanings of Direct Democracy -- 4.2.1 Obligatory and Optional Referenda -- 4.2.2 The Popular Initiative -- 4.2.3 Direct and Semi-direct Democracy: Historical Origins and Development -- 4.3 A Closer Look at the Referendum and the Initiative -- 4.3.1 The Issues -- 4.3.2 Direct Democracy’s Role in Political Agenda-Setting -- 4.3.3 The Use of Referenda and Initiatives -- 4.3.4 ’Braking’ Referenda and ’Innovating’ Initiatives: Two Different Devices of Direct Democracy -- 4.3.4.1 The Braking Effect of the Referendum -- 4.3.4.2 The Innovating Effect of the Popular Initiative -- 4.4 Participation in Direct Democracy -- 4.4.1 The Deciding Majority, Or Who Are the People? -- 4.4.2 Regular Voters, Occasional Participants and Abstentionists -- 4.5 The People Between Knowledge, Trust and Propaganda ---

4.5.1 Example of a Vote: Should There Be Tougher Restrictions on Refugees Seeking Asylum in Switzerland? -- 4.5.2 Shaping Opinions in a Voting Campaign: The Actors.

5.3.1 The Main Characteristics of Political Compromise: No Single Winner Takes All, Everybody Wins Something -- 5.3.2 The Technique of Political Compromise: Compensations That Transform Conflict from Zero-Sum into Positive-Sum Games -- 5.3.3 Cooperation, Trust and the Deliberative Learning Processes -- 5.3.4 Political Elitism and Its Limits -- 5.4 The Critics of Swiss Consensus Democracy -- 5.4.1 The Referendum as an Instrument of Vested Interests -- 5.4.2 Inequalities of Influence -- 5.4.3 Lack of Innovation? -- 5.5 Consensus Democracy Under Stress -- 5.5.1 The ’Konkordanz’ Crisis of 2008 -- 5.5.2 Power-Sharing in a Polarised Parliament -- 5.5.3 The Pressure of Globalisation -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.6.1 Swiss Democracy: An Exceptional System -- 5.6.2 Who Has More Influence: The British or the Swiss Voter?-The Trade-off Between Elections and Direct Participation ---

5.6.3 Consensus Democracy: Its Past and Its Future -- References -- Chapter 6: Comparative Perspectives -- 6.1 Direct Democracy.

3.3.4 Swiss Federalism: Solidarity Is more Important than Competition -- 3.3.5 Dealing with Separatism: The Arduous Birth of a New Canton -- 3.4 The Limits of Swiss Federalism -- 3.4.1 Limits of Implementation: Why Some Foreigners Can Buy Real Estate in Switzerland But Others Cannot -- 3.4.2 The Weakness of Federal Authorities: How a Canton Can Deny Human Rights to Its Citizens -- 3.5 Challenges -- 3.5.1 Federalism Versus Democracy: Why One Citizen from Uri Outweighs 35 Citizens from Zurich -- 3.5.2 Urban Regions-The Forgotten Dimension of Swiss Federalism -- 3.5.3 The External Challenge: Federalism in a Period of Globalisation -- 3.5.4 The Internal Challenge: Why Do the Swiss Want to Preserve Federalism? -- References -- Chapter 4: Direct Democracy -- 4.1 Introduction: The Vote to Abolish the Swiss Army ---

4.5.3 Are Voters Capable to Decide on High Policy? Theory and Swiss Experience -- 4.5.4 The Role of Political Parties and Their Campaign -- 4.5.5 Can Money Buy Votes? -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 4.6.1 Semi-direct Democracy: An Exceptional System -- 4.6.2 Direct Democracy Between Integration and Polarisation -- 4.6.3 Digitalisation: Opportunity, Risk-Or Both? -- 4.6.4 The Political Culture of Direct Democracy: Particularities and Limits -- References -- Chapter 5: Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing -- 5.1 The Development of Swiss Consensus Democracy -- 5.1.1 The Impact of the Referendum on the Composition of the Government -- 5.1.2 Impacts on the Legislative Process -- 5.2 The System of Power-Sharing: Actors and the Political Process -- 5.2.1 Actors and Their Functions -- 5.2.2 The Policy Cycle -- 5.3 The Features of Power-Sharing ---

6.1.1 Experiences of Direct Democracy Compared -- 6.1.2 The Practice of Direct Democracy in US States and Switzerland: Similarities and Differences -- 6.1.3 The Theory of Direct Democracy: Between Ideal and Reality -- 6.1.3.1 Direct Versus Representative Democracy -- 6.1.3.2 ’Sensible’ or ’Semi-Direct’ Democracy: A Third Model? -- 6.1.3.3 Perspectives of Direct Participation -- 6.2 Federalism -- 6.2.1 Basics of Federal Institutions -- 6.2.2 Structure, Processes and Political Culture -- 6.2.3 Modern Meanings of Federalism -- 6.2.3.1 Cultural Autonomy and Difference -- 6.2.3.2 Federalism in Times of Globalisation -- 6.2.3.3 Federalism in Developing Countries -- 6.2.3.4 Federalism as a Guarantee for Cultural Difference and Diversity -- 6.2.3.5 Federalism and Democracy -- 6.2.3.6 The Question of Secession -- 6.2.4 Non-Territorial Federalism -- 6.3 Power-Sharing and Consensus Democracy -- 6.3.1 Majoritarian and Consensus Democracy: A Comparison -- 6.3.2 Democratic Power-Sharing: A Key to Resolving Conflicts in Multicultural Societies -- References -- Chapter 7: Switzerland in Europe and the World -- 7.1 Europeanised but not a Member of the EU: Why? -- 7.1.1 Direct Democracy -- 7.1.2 National Autonomy and Political Neutrality -- 7.1.3 The Political Economy of Globalisation and Europeanisation -- 7.2 Can the Institutions of Swiss Democracy Autonomously Survive? -- 7.3 The Future -- 7.4 What the Case of Switzerland Can Bring to Others -- 7.4.1 Switzerland: An ’export model’? -- 7.4.2 The ’dialogue model’ -- References -- Index.

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