Swiss Democracy: Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies
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An updated third edition of this 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 from most parliamentary systems. Booknews Linder (political science, U. of Bern) first analyzes the institutions of federalism and consensus democracy through political power-sharing, and then analyzes the scope and limits of citizens' participation in direct democracy--which distinguishes Switzerland most from parliamentary systems--showing how federalism and political power- sharing could help to resolve political conflict in other multicultural societies and to integrate different communities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
1 Building a multicultural society by political integration 12 Federalism 433 Direct democracy 924 Consensus democracy : the Swiss system of power-sharing 1285 Comparative perspectives 158Notes 207Bibliography 224Index 237
