Why Switzerland?
Jonathan Steinberg.
Bok Engelsk 1996 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xix, 300 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | Second edition.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).. - 1. Why Switzerland? -- 2. History -- 3. Politics -- 4. Language -- 5. Wealth -- 6. Religion -- 7. Identity -- 8. Why Switzerland matters -- App. How to vote for the lower house of parliament (Nationalrat) in Switzerland.. - Switzerland is a special and fascinating place. Its unique institutions, its direct democracy, multi-member executives, absence of strikes, communal autonomy, its universal military service, its wealth, and four national languages make it interesting in itself. But it has wider significance, in representing the 'Europe that did not happen', the Europe that escaped the centralisation of state and economy associated with the modern world. Today, there is a new special feature. Switzerland is an island surrounded by the European Union, and resists membership. Why Switzerland? attempts to answer three related questions: why has such an exception to European norms survived? Why should outsiders notice its peculiarities and what can they learn from them? Finally, can so unusual a society continue to exist when many of the conditions in which it evolved have disappeared?
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| ISBN | 1-107-05041-3. - 1-316-28303-8. - 1-316-28452-2
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