ON THE ORIGINS OF THE SWISS SONDERFALL. AN ENCURAGING VIEW ON THE SUBJECT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN A FEDERAL STATE WITHOUT ETHNICITY, ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORIC AND THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SWISS SONDERFALL
Journal Title: ANALELE UNIVERSITĂŢII DIN ORADEA. SERIA: RELAŢII INTERNAŢIONALE ŞI STUDII EUROPENE - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Switzerland is a small country, with roughly 8 million habitants, yet it has an important role in political sciences. It can be viewed as an experimental field on several aspects, one is its multilingual character, the other the federal organization, and the most important its direct democratic tools for popular participation in decision making and constitutional change. One important question is, can Switzerland be viewed as a model for future state organization? In the following article, you will get to know Switzerland from a historic perspective, mentioning the cases which made Switzerland special. There are also some thoughts at the end, about how much Romania could profit from the Swiss model.
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Christian BERGMANN
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