The Swiss Labyrinth

Introduction: Switzerland - key institutions and behavioural outcomes, Jan-Erik Lane; consensual government in a heterogeneous polity, Ulrich Kloeti; how does direct democracy matter? The impact of referendum votes upon politics and policy-making, Iannis Papadopoulos; the Federal Parliament - the limits of institutional reform, Hanspeter Kriesi; towards the judicialization of Swiss politics?, Christine Rothmayr; institutions and outcomes of federalism - the role of the cantons in Swiss politics, Wolf Linder and Adrian Vatter; Swiss political parties - between persistance and change, Andreas Ladner; institutionalizing the Swiss Welfare State, Klaus Armingeon; the growth of the public sector in Switzerland, Jan-Erik Lane; the political economy of Switzerland - a monetarist success?, Jan-Erik Lane; Switzerland and the European integration process - engagement without marriage, Cedric Dupont and Pascal Sciarini.