Direct Democracy in Switzerland

Direct Democracy in Switzerland
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 555
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ISBN-10 : 9781351522212
ISBN-13 : 1351522213
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Book Synopsis Direct Democracy in Switzerland by : Gregory Fossedal

Download or read book Direct Democracy in Switzerland written by Gregory Fossedal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only one country in the world--Switzerland--is a direct democracy, in which, to an extent, the people pass their own laws, judge the constitutionality of statutes, and even have written, in effect, their own constitution. In this propitious volume, Gregory Fossedal reports on the politics and social fabric of what James Bryce has called "the nation that has taken the democratic idea to its furthest extent." The lessons Fossedal presents, at a time of dissatisfaction with the role of money and privileged elites in many Western democracies, are at once timely and urgent.


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