Canton UriCanton Basel-CountryHistoryCanton LucerneSwitzerlandCanton SchwyzCanton of the GrisonsCanton JuraHighlightsCanton SchaffhausenCanton ZugCanton FribourgCanton ObwaldenCanton ValaisCanton Basel-CityCanton Appenzell Inner RhodesCanton NeuchâtelCanton TicinoCanton AargauPoliticsCanton of GlarusCanton ThurgauCanton SolothurnCanton ZurichCanton GenevaCanton Saint GallenCanton VaudCanton BernCanton Appenzell Outer RhodesCanton Nidwalden
Switzerland and the “fantastic four” of direct democracy
Popular initiatives for the total or partial revision of the Constitution and abrogative or optional referendums embody the salt of a…
Canton UriCanton Basel-CountryCanton Appenzell Inner RhodesCanton LucerneEconomyCanton SchwyzCanton of the GrisonsCanton JuraCanton ThurgauCanton SchaffhausenCanton ZugCanton FribourgCanton ObwaldenCanton ValaisCanton Basel-CityCanton Appenzell Outer RhodesCanton NeuchâtelCanton TicinoCanton AargauPoliticsCanton of GlarusSwitzerlandCanton SolothurnCanton ZurichCanton GenevaHighlightsCanton Saint GallenCanton VaudCanton BernCanton Nidwalden
The ethics of competitiveness and the spirit of federalism
The success of the Swiss model appears to lie in the competition between the 26 cantons in the areas of efficiency, income distribution and…
Waldstätte and the “forest” cantons at the dawn of the Swiss…
"An artificial area where meadows, pastures, fields and forests are mixed" identified, from 1289, the territories of Uri, Schwyz and…
Switzerland “free port” for highly qualified workers
Despite increased payroll tax competition, the burden of Switzerland's 26 cantons, led by Obwalden and Uri, is lower than the 37.9% global…