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TITLE OF PRODUCT:

Direct democracy in Switzerland.

NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Gregory A. Fossedal.

PLACE AND DATE OG PUBBLICATION:

2005, Transaction Publishers.

TYPE OF PRODUCT:

Book

LANGUAGE/S OF PRODUCT:

English.

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

In Direct Democracy in Switzerland, Fossedal has developed a shrewd, sensitive overview of Switzerlands high notion of statecraft. He details the reasons for studying Switzerlands distinctive institutions, and explores the origins and development of the ancient Swiss democracy, which reaches back a thousand years. He shows how Switzerland handles the political questions common to all modern societies, such as education, taxes, crime, welfare, the Holocaust. He concludes with the ongoing debate over two very different visions of democracy, direct versus representative.

NAME OF COMPILER:

Ivan Ureta.

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

University of Lugano.

ROLE:

Researcher.



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