Swiss Democracy: Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies

Linder (political science, U. of Bern) first analyzes the institutions of federalism and consensus democracy through political power-sharing, and then analyzes the scope and limits of citizens' participation in direct democracy which distinguishes Switzerland most from parliamentary systems showing how federalism and political power-sharing could help to resolve political conflict in other multicultural societies and to integrate different communities. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.