Swiss Democracy Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies

An authoriative analysis of Swiss democracy, the institutions of federalism, and consensus democracy through political power sharing. Linder analyses the scope and limits of citizen's participation in direct democracy, which distinguishes Switzerland most from parliamentary systems. Central and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Linder, Wolf
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 1998, 1998
Edition:Second Edition
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:An authoriative analysis of Swiss democracy, the institutions of federalism, and consensus democracy through political power sharing. Linder analyses the scope and limits of citizen's participation in direct democracy, which distinguishes Switzerland most from parliamentary systems. Central and Eastern Europe and all countries with minority problems could learn much of value from this study
Physical Description:XXI, 210 p online resource
ISBN:9781349260454