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National Elections in Switzerland: an Introduction
Author(s) -
Bühlmann Marc,
Nicolet Sarah,
Selb Peter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2006.tb00058.x
Subject(s) - democracy , politics , political science , diversity (politics) , variety (cybernetics) , political economy , government (linguistics) , sociology , law , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy
“It is difficult to compare popular participation in Swiss elections with that of any other democratic country in Europe. The smallness of the country, the rugged nature of the land, the diversity of languages, the strengths of the traditions of local self‐government, the variety of political institutions, and the multiplicity of elections make Switzerland a unique place for political experiments” (Gosnell 1930: 426).