P. Sciarini

Political Decision-Making in Switzerland: The Consensus Model under Pressure - Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century P. Sciarini

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; The Swiss consensus democracy model has been - and remains - under pressure. While being a non-EU member, Switzerland is heavily influenced by European integration and exemplifies some of the crucial changes at work on the continent. Based on a rich collection of data covering the 11 most important Swiss decision-making processes in recent years, this book highlights these changes and related variations across policy domains. It examines Europeanization as a major driving factor in the strengthening of bureaucratic policy-making, and charts the decline of corporatist policy-making and reinforcement of partisan politics as a result of institutional reforms, mediatization, higher polarization among social partners and the rise of a populist right wing party. Biographical Note: Pascal Sciarini is Professor of Swiss and Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Manuel Fischer is Researcher at the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at Eawag, Dubendorf, and lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. Denise Traber is Lecturer in Swiss Politics and Comparative Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. "Table of Contents: List Of Tables And FiguresIntroduction; Pascal Sciarini1. From Corporatism To Bureaucratic And Partisan Politics: Changes In Decision-Making Processes Over Time; Pascal Sciarini2. More Power Balance, Less Consensus: Changes In Decision-Making Structures Over Time; Pascal Sciarini3. Looking Beneath The Surface: Differences In Decision-Making Structures Across Processes; Manuel Fischer4. Dominance, Competition, Compromise Or Consensus? Explaining Decision-Making Structures; Manuel Fischer5. Coalition Formation In Parliament And During The Policy Process; Manuel Fischer And Denise Traber6. Europeanization, Institutional Changes And Differential Empowerment; Manuel Fischer, Pascal Sciarini, And Denise Traber7. 'Going Public': The Mediatization Of Decision-Making Processes; Manuel Fischer And Pascal Sciarini8. Who Is Influential And Why? The Determinants Of Reputational Power; Manuel Fischer And Pascal Sciarini9. Who Is Successful And Who Is Not? Actors' Satisfaction With The Policy Output; Denise Traber10. Reactive, Slow And Innovative? Decision-Making Structures And Policy Outputs; Manuel FischerConclusion; Pascal SciariniAppendix References"