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 statut

Explores the impact of frequent referendums on the Swiss political system. Various institutions evolved to cope with the repeated challenging of government deci

An updated third edition of this authoriative analysis of Swiss democracy, the institutions of federalism, and consensus democracy through political power shari

Direct democracy, or pure democracy, is a concept spreading throughout the world, now adopted by nearly 30 countries on the national level. While the concept is

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 statut