Description: An authoritative survey of the processes and policies of the Swiss political system, revealing the richness of its history and institutions.
Brief description: Hanspeter Kriesi is Professor for Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich.
Review Quotes: "The Politics of Switzerland provides scholars and the interested public with an overview over the political institutions, the main actors, and the main policies in the alpine Republic. This up-to-date text provides the most accessible introduction to the Swiss political system in English. It is a must-read for any scholar or student wishing to be introduced to the way in which the archetypical consensus democracy developed and functions today."
Simon Hug, Université de Genève