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THE SWISS LABYRINTH

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THE SWISS LABYRINTH

Institutions, Outcomes and Redesign

Editor

JAN-ERIK LANE

First Published in 2001 by

FRANK CASS PUBLISHERS

Published 2013 by Routledge

2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

711 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017, USA

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Copyright 2001 Frank Cass Publishers

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

The Swiss labyrinth : institutions, outcomes and redesign

1. Switzerland Politics and government 1945

I. Lane, Jan-Erik

320.9494

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Swiss labyrinth : institutions, outcomes, and redesign / editor,

Jan-Erik Lane.

p. cm.

This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of West European politics (ISSN 0140-2382) vol. 24, no. 2 (April 2001) T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Switzerland Politics and government 1945. 2.

Switzerland Economic policy. I. Lane, Jan-Erik.

JN8781 .S95 2001

306.209494dc21

2001028471

ISBN 13: 978-0-714-65142-2 (hbk)

This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue of

West European Politics (ISSN 0140-2382) Vol.24, No.2 (April 2001),

[The Swiss Labyrinth: Institutions, Outcomes and Redesign].

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher of this book.

Contents

Jan-Erik Lane

Ulrich Klti

Yannis Papadopoulos

Hanspeter Kriesi

Christine Rothmayr

Wolf Linder and Adrian Vatter

Andreas Ladner

Klaus Armingeon

Jan-Erik Lane and Reinert Maeland

Jan-Erik Lane

Cdric Dupont and Pascal Sciarini

MAP OF SWITZERLAND

THE SWISS PARTY SYSTEM AND ABBREVIATIONS

FDP	Liberal Democratic Party
CVP	Christian Democratic Party
SPS	Socialist Party
SVP	Democratic Union of the Centre
LPS	Swiss Liberal Party
LdU	Independents
EVP	Evangelical Peoples Party
PDA	Labour Party (GE incl. Solidarits)
GPS	Green Party of Switzerland
SD	Swiss Democrats
FPS	Freedom Party of Switzerland

SWISS CANTONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AG	Aargau
AR	Appenzell A. Rhein
AI	Appenzell I. Rhein
BL	Basel-Country
BS	Basel-City
BE	Berne
FR	Fribourg
GE	Geneva
GL	Glarus
GR	Graubnden
JU	Jura
LU	Lucerne
NE	Neuchtel
NW	Nidwalden
OW	Obwalden
SH	Schaffhausen
SZ	Schwyz
SO	Solothurn
SG	St Gallen
TI	Ticino
TG	Thurgau
UR	Uri
VS	Valais
VD	Vaud
ZG	Zug
ZH	Zurich

MAP OF CANTONS

JAN-ERIK LANE

Switzerland, a labyrinth of political institutions, is an interesting laboratory for institutional research. There are so many political institutions in use that each one is enough for a book. Thus, the referendum, Swiss federalism and the grand coalition have been much discussed. Equally interesting are Swiss corporatism, the Central Bank and the Federal Supreme Court as well as the electoral system, which has both proportional and majoritarian techniques.

What does it all add up to? we have to ask when interpreting Swiss politics from a macro perspective. We are all familiar with the key concepts that scholars have suggested: plebiscitary democracy (Hastad), amicable agreement (Steiner), Konkordanz (Lehmbruch), consociationalism or consensus democracy (Lijphart), liberal corporatism (Katzenstein). Today, these extremely general characterisations are less helpful when approaching Swiss politics in a process of transition from splendid isolation towards a post-modern society. One leading Swiss political scientist, Hanspeter Kriesi, has even described the Swiss political system as an anachronism.

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