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From Corporatism to Partisan Politics: Social Policy Making under Strain in Switzerland

  1. Silja Häusermann1,†,*,
  2. André Mach2,‡,*,
  3. Yannis Papadopoulos2,§,*

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2011

DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2004.tb00021.x

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Swiss Political Science Review

Swiss Political Science Review

Volume 10, Issue 2, pages 33–59, July 2004

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Häusermann, S., Mach, A. and Papadopoulos, Y. (2004), From Corporatism to Partisan Politics: Social Policy Making under Strain in Switzerland. Swiss Political Science Review, 10: 33–59. doi: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2004.tb00021.x

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  1. 1

    University of Zurich

  2. 2

    University of Lausanne

  1. †

    Silja Häusermann holds a degree in political science from the University of Geneva and an MPA from IDHEAP, Lausanne. She is a teaching assistant in comparative political science at the University of Zurich and is currently writing a dissertation on the adaptation of European welfare states to new social needs and demands in the fields of pension and family policy. E-Mail: silja.haeusermann@pwi.unizh.ch

  2. ‡

    André Mach is Maître-assistant in Comparative Political Economy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques et Internationales of the University of Lausanne. His research interests include competition policy, industrial relations, corporate governance and more generally the impact of globalization on national politics and policies. E-Mail: andre.mach@iepi.unil.ch

  3. §

    Yannis Papadopoulos is Professor of Swiss Politics-Public policy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques et Internationales of the University of Lausanne. He is one of the editors of the Handbook of Swiss Politics, Zurich, NZZ Publishers, 2004. His current research interests cover: transformations of the decision-making processes in Switzerland, problems of deliberation and democratic legitimacy in cooperative and participatory modes of policy-making, populism and direct democracy in Europe. E-Mail: Ioannis.Papadopoulos@iepi.unil.ch

*Yannis Papadopoulos, Institut d'Etudes Politiques et Internationales, BFSH 2, Université de Lausanne, CH −1015 Lausanne

  1. †

    Silja Häusermann holds a degree in political science from the University of Geneva and an MPA from IDHEAP, Lausanne. She is a teaching assistant in comparative political science at the University of Zurich and is currently writing a dissertation on the adaptation of European welfare states to new social needs and demands in the fields of pension and family policy. E-Mail: silja.haeusermann@pwi.unizh.ch

  2. ‡

    André Mach is Maître-assistant in Comparative Political Economy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques et Internationales of the University of Lausanne. His research interests include competition policy, industrial relations, corporate governance and more generally the impact of globalization on national politics and policies. E-Mail: andre.mach@iepi.unil.ch

  3. §

    Yannis Papadopoulos is Professor of Swiss Politics-Public policy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques et Internationales of the University of Lausanne. He is one of the editors of the Handbook of Swiss Politics, Zurich, NZZ Publishers, 2004. His current research interests cover: transformations of the decision-making processes in Switzerland, problems of deliberation and democratic legitimacy in cooperative and participatory modes of policy-making, populism and direct democracy in Europe. E-Mail: Ioannis.Papadopoulos@iepi.unil.ch

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  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2011
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2011
  3. Accepted for publication on 14 May 2004

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