Swiss Federalism. The Transformation of a Federal Model

Vatter, Adrian (2018). Swiss Federalism. The Transformation of a Federal Model. Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization. Routledge

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The political and economic crisis of EU integration has made it increasingly apparent how challenging it is to bring together different sovereign cultures, languages and regions into a single political system. Switzerland - being one of the three classic federations in the world - can provide insights, particularly in relation to the accommodation of cultural, linguistic, religious and regional diversity, which can help tackle contemporary challenges.

This book describes and analyse the characteristics, institutions, and processes of Swiss federalism, along with its combination of stability and change. It presents a comprehensive study of the federal system of Switzerland, where it comes from, how it operates, and the way it has changed of late. This will allow readers to appreciate the specific and current answers the Swiss case offers to the main questions raised by wider federal research.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students in federalism and territorial politics, political institutions, local and regional government studies, multi-level governance and more broadly to European and comparative politics.

Item Type:	Book (Monograph)
Division/Institute:	03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science
UniBE Contributor:	Vatter, Adrian
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science
ISBN:	978-1-138-29427-1
Series:	Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization
Publisher:	Routledge
Language:	English
Submitter:	Reachel Klamt
Date Deposited:	07 May 2018 12:33
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2024 16:40
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/113900