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1 Introduction
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, or: factors that made Swiss nation-building a success
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
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
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 From federal deadlock arise cantonal experiments: Energy policy
3.3.3 Coping with inequality: The example of Swiss primary schools3.3.4 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, or how a canton can deny human rights to its citizens
3.5 Challenges3.5.1 Federalism vs. democracy: Why one citizen from Uri outweighs 35 citizens from Zurich, or to what extent is federalism compatible with democracy?
3.5.2 Urban regions - The forgotten dimension of Swiss federalism
3.5.3 The external challenge: Federalism in a period of globalisation3.5.4 The internal challenge, or: Why do the Swiss want to preserve federalism
References
4 Direct Democracy
4.1 Introduction: The vote to abolish the Swiss army
4.2 Insti
Author: Wolf Linder, Sean Mueller
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/07/2022
Pages: 295
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9783030632687
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