Описание: Anne Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers in Coming Out Swiss a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. “Swissness”—even on its native soil a loose confederacy, divided by multiple languages, nationalities, religion, and alpen geography—becomes in the diaspora both nowhere (except in the minds of immigrants and their children) and everywhere, reflected in pervasive clichés.In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clichés (chocolate, secret bank accounts, Heidi, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, Swiss Family Robinson) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise (the “invention” of the Alps, the English Colony in Davos, Switzerland’s role during World War II, women students at the University of Zurich in the 1870s). She ponders, as well, marks of Swissness that have lost their identity in the diaspora (Sutter Home, Helvetica, Dadaism) and the enduring Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. Coming Out Swiss will appeal not just to the Swiss diaspora but also to those drawn to multi-genre writing that blurs boundaries between the personal and the historical.
Автор: Andreas C. Goldberg Название: The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour ISBN: 3319459996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319459998 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices. Based on a case study of Switzerland, it analyses how cleavages divide voters into voting blocs and how this influences Swiss voting behaviour and the Swiss party system. The first part examines the development of salient cleavages such as religion, social class, rural-urban, and language between 1971 and 2011. Behavioural changes among voters and changes in the size of social groups are explored as explanatory factors for the decline of cleavage voting. The second part proposes a contextual perspective analysis of the current impact of cleavages using both individual and contextual factors. These factors are also combined to examine interaction effects between the individual and the context. Finally, the third part analyses whether the impact of cleavages has harmonised across different contexts (Swiss cantons) over time.
Описание: Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma--its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine villages that make up modern Canton Graubunden, and recre
Автор: Gabriel Название: Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 ISBN: 1403912750 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403912756 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 17468.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of eight essays, addressing the post-war foreign policy of Switzerland. Through these essays, the dualistic nature of Swiss foreign policy, being at once both strongly internationalist and strongly unilateralist, is examined.
Автор: Bruno Jeitziner Название: Political Economy of the Swiss National Bank ISBN: 3790812099 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783790812091 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text examines whether there exists any systematic political influence on Swiss monetary policy. A partial adjustment model is used to derive the reaction functions. Models of political business cycles and the theory of legislative control are applied to the Swiss institutional setting.
Автор: W. Linder Название: Swiss Democracy ISBN: 0333715624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333715628 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 8384.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An authoriative analysis of Swiss democracy, the institutions of federalism, and consensus democracy through political power sharing. Linder analyses the scope and limits of citizen`s participation in direct democracy, which distinguishes Switzerland most from parliamentary systems.
Описание: Electricity market deregulation is driving power energy production from a monopolistic structure into a competitive market environment. This book reviews the latest developments in analyzing and assessing electricity market behavior and market power, and discusses the application of such models in the practical analysis of electricity markets.
Автор: E. Magnus; A. Midttun Название: Electricity Market Reform in Norway ISBN: 0333777727 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333777725 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18866.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Norwegian deregulation was, together with the British, a pioneer forerunner in the restructuring of European electricity industry. The Norwegian and British model both had their distinct features: the British was based on privatisation, structural change and gradual opening up of the market.
Автор: Baltensperger Название: Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century ISBN: 1107199301 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107199309 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17107.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book describes the rise of the Swiss Franc to its current status as a strong currency of international importance, and uses this to demonstrate important insights into the organization and development of monetary institutions and currency. It will be of interest to academics studying macroeconomic history, the history of financial institutions, and comparative economic history.
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