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View article: The Front and the Back Stage of Power: Formal and Informal Social Capital among Business Elites in the Three Largest Swiss Cities, 1890–2000
The Front and the Back Stage of Power: Formal and Informal Social Capital among Business Elites in the Three Largest Swiss Cities, 1890–2000 Open
In the resurgence of elite sociology, formal (organizational-based network resources) and informal (non-organizational relations) social capital have garnered attention, but their mutual dynamics remain underexplored. This study addresses …
View article: The residential patterns of Swiss urban elites. Continuity and change across elite categories (1890–2000)
The residential patterns of Swiss urban elites. Continuity and change across elite categories (1890–2000) Open
Numerous studies have focused on wealth elites’ housing, including their spatial and social exclusiveness. The insertion of the power elite in urban space has, however, largely been left unexplored. By combining positional and residential …
View article: Populism and the scales of statehood. Localism and populist attitudes in Western Europe
Populism and the scales of statehood. Localism and populist attitudes in Western Europe Open
The rise of populism in Western Europe is often portrayed as a reaction to globalisation and supra-national integration processes. However, the domestic-international divide is only one aspect of the scalar organisation of government. In t…
View article: The Swiss Patrician Families between Decline and Persistence: Power Positions and Kinship Ties (1890–1957)
The Swiss Patrician Families between Decline and Persistence: Power Positions and Kinship Ties (1890–1957) Open
Scholarship demonstrated the major role of inheritance and kinship for elite’s power reproduction, particularly among noble families. In the absence of monarchic and court structures, ruling classes that enjoyed privileges and engaged in s…
View article: Élites et pouvoir dans les grandes villes suisses (1890-2020)
Élites et pouvoir dans les grandes villes suisses (1890-2020) Open
Qui règne sur les grandes villes suisses ? Les partis de gauche, les dirigeant ·e·s des principales banques, ou plutôt les anciennes familles patriciennes ? Cet ouvrage aborde ces questions dans une perspective longue en offrant de nouvell…
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View article: The political economy of territorial integration referendums
The political economy of territorial integration referendums Open
When do political communities support territorial amalgamation in referendums? Existing research has identified heterogeneity between communities as a key hurdle for integration reforms. In this paper, I demonstrate that asymmetries betwee…
View article: Participatory processes and their outcomes: comparing assembly and popular vote decisions
Participatory processes and their outcomes: comparing assembly and popular vote decisions Open
How do face-to-face, assembly processes, and non-face-to-face, popular vote processes impact the decisions made by citizens? Normative discussions of the comparative merits of these two broad types of participatory decision-making processe…
View article: A policy-centred approach to inter-municipal cooperation
A policy-centred approach to inter-municipal cooperation Open
This paper demonstrates how policy-specific characteristics affect inter-municipal cooperation. We investigate if a municipality’s cooperation activity in a policy area hinges on whether the policy is considered relevant or politicized by …
View article: Who supports metropolitan integration? Citizens’ perceptions of city-regional governance in Western Europe
Who supports metropolitan integration? Citizens’ perceptions of city-regional governance in Western Europe Open
The appropriate scale of metropolitan governance has been the subject of long-running debates. These debates between institutional fragmentation and integration proponents have revolved around the efficiency and effectiveness of metropolit…
View article: Citizens’ attitudes towards local autonomy and inter-local cooperation: evidence from Western Europe
Citizens’ attitudes towards local autonomy and inter-local cooperation: evidence from Western Europe Open
View article: Die Praxis des Solothurner Verordnungsvetos
Die Praxis des Solothurner Verordnungsvetos Open
Das Kantonsparlament von Solothurn ist die einzige Legislative mit einem umfassenden Veto bei Verordnungen und deren Änderungen. Es ist ein Instrument, das nur bei einer Minderheit der Verordnungen zum Tragen kommt und – so zeigt es die Pr…
View article: Massnahmen zur Erhaltung und Förderung der rätoromanischen und der italienischen Sprache und Kultur im Kanton Graubünden: Evaluationsbericht im Auftrag des BAK
Massnahmen zur Erhaltung und Förderung der rätoromanischen und der italienischen Sprache und Kultur im Kanton Graubünden: Evaluationsbericht im Auftrag des BAK Open
View article: Why voluntary municipal merger projects fail: evidence from popular votes in Switzerland
Why voluntary municipal merger projects fail: evidence from popular votes in Switzerland Open
What determines the failure of local government amalgamation referenda? Existing research suggests that functional pressures act as a push factor towards local territorial reform, whereas considerations of political self-determination exer…
View article: Close to Home: Local Ties and Voting Radical Right in EuropeFitzgerald, Jennifer. New York, Cambridge University Press (2019), 264 p., ISBN 978‐1‐108‐ 42153‐9
Close to Home: Local Ties and Voting Radical Right in EuropeFitzgerald, Jennifer. New York, Cambridge University Press (2019), 264 p., ISBN 978‐1‐108‐ 42153‐9 Open
Who votes for radical right parties? In Close to Home, Fitzgerald provides a novel and unexpected answer to this old yet topical question: she argues that localism, understood as people's feeling of attachment to their local communities, m…
View article: Public support for metropolitan integration: citizens' attitudes in eight West European metropolitan areas
Public support for metropolitan integration: citizens' attitudes in eight West European metropolitan areas Open
View article: Why it’s not just about the outcome: citizens also care about democratic decision-making
Why it’s not just about the outcome: citizens also care about democratic decision-making Open
A well-known claim for citizens’ involvement in politics is that, when things are going well, they care little about participating in decision-making processes. Michael A. Strebel, Daniel Kübler and Frank Marcinkowski test this claim, and …
View article: Who supports metropolitan reform? Citizens’ attitudes in four West European countries
Who supports metropolitan reform? Citizens’ attitudes in four West European countries Open
In this paper, I analyze public opinion on political integration reforms in metropolitan areas, i.e. citizens’ attitudes towards the unification of local jurisdictions in city-regions. I make three distinct contributions. First, for the ex…
View article: Does the nature of a policy matter? A policy-centred approach to european integration
Does the nature of a policy matter? A policy-centred approach to european integration Open
View article: Do policy attributes matter? A policy-centred approach to European integration
Do policy attributes matter? A policy-centred approach to European integration Open
The differentiation of European integration recently gained renewed attention from European integration scholars. Despite countless studies on the European integration process, most scholars have neglected policy attributes as an explanati…
View article: The impact of the november 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris on public opinion : a natural experiment
The impact of the november 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris on public opinion : a natural experiment Open
View article: Citizen-elite congruence? Attitudes towards local governance reforms in Switzerland and Germany
Citizen-elite congruence? Attitudes towards local governance reforms in Switzerland and Germany Open
Substantive representation, i.e. congruence between citizens’ and representatives’ issue positions, has become an important topic in scholarly debates and is seen as a normatively desirable feature of representative democracy. Existing emp…
View article: Das papierlose Parlament
Das papierlose Parlament Open
Digitalisation covers and is changing all areas of our lives. That is why even members of parliament have discussed the issue of digital parliamentary functions. Digitalisation is, however, only a meaningful goal to be desired if it provid…
View article: Gemeindefusion: Elite vs. Volk?
Gemeindefusion: Elite vs. Volk? Open
Damit sich Gemeinden freiwillig zusammenschliessen, muss eine Reihe verschiedener Faktoren zusammenspielen. Eine Studie, die Gemeindefusionen im Kanton Freiburg untersuchte, kommt zum Schluss, dass für die Eliten ökonomische Faktoren und R…
View article: How Citizens’ Views of Democracy Impact Their Evaluation of Metropolitan Governance Arrangements: Evidence From a Comparative Conjoint Experiment
How Citizens’ Views of Democracy Impact Their Evaluation of Metropolitan Governance Arrangements: Evidence From a Comparative Conjoint Experiment Open
What features are important for democracy from a citizens’ perspective? How do citizens’ views of what democracy should be translate into their day-to-day evaluation of real-existing institutions? These questions have gained a renewed inte…
View article: Congruence or Compensation? How Support for Subnational Democracy is Linked to Support for Metropolitan Integration
Congruence or Compensation? How Support for Subnational Democracy is Linked to Support for Metropolitan Integration Open
Modern democracies face two major challenges to their legitimacy: i.) the spread of public disaffection with politics and ii.) the transfer of governance functions away from nation-state institutions. In this paper I aim to link these two …
View article: A policy-centred analysis of intergovernmental cooperation: Swiss concordats in public debates
A policy-centred analysis of intergovernmental cooperation: Swiss concordats in public debates Open
Intergovernmental cooperation comes along with a trade-off between the autonomy of a political community and the effectiveness with which it can provide policies. Existing research has investigated this trade-off by analyzing political com…