Sitzerland in Europe Continuity and Change in the Siss Political Economy [Hardcover]

While Switzerland is well known for its specific political institutions, such as direct democracy, federalism and neutrality, or for its banking secrecy, its socio-economic institutions, which decisively contributed to its prosperity, remain relatively unexplored.

This book gives the first systematic overview of Swiss political economy in comparative perspectives. Divided into four sections, the first offers an introduction to Swiss political economy, its major political institutions and Switzerland relationship to the EU. The remaining three sections provide case studies on different parts of the political economy and policy fields. The case studies with in part two and three focus on economic actors, major socio-economic institutions addressing corporate governance, finance, labour market, skills and training. Part four addresses social and economic policies, including welfare, liberalization and economic regulatory reforms. Switzerland in Europealso offers several insights into important literature in comparative political economy: the varieties of capitalism, small states, institutional change and patterns of democracy.

This will be of interest students and scholars of comparative politics, political economy, Switzerland, small states and European Studies.

1. Introduction Christine Trampusch and Andr? Mach  Part 1: Political Economy, Political System and Relationship with the EU  2. The Swiss Political Economy in Comparative Perspective Christine Trampusch and Andr? Mach  3. The Swiss Political System in a Comparative Perspective Fritz Sager and Christine Zollinger  4. Europe and Switzerland Wolf Linder  Part 2: Economic Actors  5. Organized Capital and Coordinated Market Economy Pierre Eichenberger and&llC