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Alexis De Tocqueville Institution
Author_Gregory Fossedal
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civic engagement theory
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constitutional law analysis
Devil's Bridge
Devil’s Bridge
Direct Democracy
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Fossedal Gregory A.
governance structures research
Initial Trial Phase
institution
Lay Judges
Original Cantons
political participation studies
referendum mechanisms
Referendum Process
Representative Democracy
Swiss
Swiss Culture
Swiss Democracy
Swiss Families
Swiss Militia System
Swiss Neutrality
Swiss People
Swiss Political Economy
Swiss political system case study
Swiss Press
Swiss Women
Tages Anzeiger
West Germany
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781412805056
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Gregory A. Fossedal is chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a research foundation based near Washington, DC. He is also president and chief investment officer of the Democratic Century Fund and its management company, the Emerging Markets Group. He is author of The Democratic Imperative. Alfred R. Berkeley III is president of the Nasdaq stock market.
