Cappelletti, Fabio; Fischer, Manuel; Sciarini, Pascal (2014). "Let's Talk Cash": Cantons' Interests and the Reform of Swiss Federalism. Regional and Federal Studies, 24(1), pp. 1-20. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13597566.2013.808627
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)In 2004 the Swiss people accepted a new equalization scheme and a new distribution of competences between the federal state and the cantons. It was argued that the reform was successful because of the capacity of veto-players to overcome their interests and adopt a ‘problem-solving’ interaction mode. We propose a different interpretation and argue that distributive issues and the accommodation of actors' interests crucially mattered. We identify three mechanisms that contribute to a successful reform, i.e. package-deals, side-payments and the downsizing of the reform. Our in-depth, mainly qualitative study of both the content of the reform and related decision-making process supports the pertinence of these strategies for the explanation of the successful reform of Swiss federalism.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Fischer, Manuel (B) |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
1359-7566 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Manuel Fischer |
Date Deposited: |
25 Mar 2015 09:23 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/13597566.2013.808627 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65476 |
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