Title: Switzerland: the marriage of direct democracy and federalism
Abstract:Swiss federalism shares attributes with both United States and German federalism. As in the United States, an essential goal of the federalist project is to allow for differences in living conditions ...Swiss federalism shares attributes with both United States and German federalism. As in the United States, an essential goal of the federalist project is to allow for differences in living conditions among the constituent territorial units. When the Swiss cantons formed a federal state in 1848, they did so on the basis of a constitutional structure that was designed to allow for diversity of social, economic and political organization at the cantonal level. On the other hand, Swiss federalism is hardly competitive. As in Germany, cantons co-operate with each other, and above all the federal government co-operates with the cantons because it relies on their administration for the implementation of most policies. Finally, as in both the US and Germany, the emergence of national social security systems has shifted power and resources from the local and the state to the federal level.Read More
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-06-02
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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