The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the many different facets of the Swiss political system and of the major developments in modern Swiss politics. It brings together a diverse set of more than 50 leading experts in their respective areas, who explore Switzerland's distinctive and sometimes intriguing politics at all levels and across multiple themes. In placing the topics in an international and comparative context and in conversation with the broaderscholarly literature, the contributors provide a much-needed counterpoint to the rather idealized and sometimes outdated perception of Swiss politics. The work is divided into thematic sections thatrepresent the inherent diversity of the Swiss political sphere: following a detailed introduction from the editors, the parts of the volume explore foundations, institutions, cantons and municipalities, actors, elections and votes, decision-making processes, and public policies, with a three-chapter epilogue. Throughout, The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics presents new arguments, insights, and data, and offers analyses relevant not only to political science but also to internationalrelations, European studies, history, sociology, law, and economics.

This Handbook succeeds in offering an accessible introduction to the Swiss political system while also drawing on the latest research and thus offers an excellent stepping stone in that direction. Paolo Dardanelli, Swiss Political Science Review
The key theme is the extent of political inclusion and power-sharing, including their historical rise and current challenges. Highly recommended. Choice

Patrick Emmenegger is Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of St. Gallen. His research focuses on the political economy of welfare and skills, labour market regulation, industrial relations, democratization, state building, the politics of taxation, and institutional theory.Flavia Fossati is Assistant Professor for Inequality and Integration Studies at the University of Lausanne and at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research (CIR-LIVES). Her research interests include social and immigration policies, deservingness and welfare state chauvinism, and survey experiments.Silja Häusermann is Professor of Political Science at the University of Zurich. She studies welfare state politics and party system change in advanced capitalist democracies. She directs the ERC-project 'welfarepriorities' and is the co-director of the UZH University Research Priority Programme 'Equality of Opportunity'. Yannis Papadopoulos is Professor of Swiss Politics and Public Policy at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne and a member of the Laboratory forAnalysis and Public Policy. His research concentrates on recent developments in Swiss policy-making and on the broader implications of governance transformations for accountability and democracy. Pascal Sciariniis Professor of Swiss and Comparative politics and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Geneva. His main research topics are decision-making processes, direct democracy, Europeanization, and electoral behaviour.Adrian Vatter is Full Professor of Political Science (Swiss Politics) at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern. His research explores Swiss politics, federalism, direct democracy, consensus democracy, sub-national politics, and comparative public policy.

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