Swiss Political Science Review

The (Democratic) Legitimacy of Global Governance: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Guest Edited by Andreas von Staden.

EU Governance

Arab Spring Debate

We are proud to announce that Anna Christmann from the University of Berne won the 2nd Fritz Thyssen award for her article "Damoklesschwert Volksabstimmung? Genese von Anerkennungsregeln für Religionsgemeinschaften in den Schweizer Kantonen?, published in SPSR (16:1). This prestigious prize is awarded to the best social sciences articles published in German in a given year.

This article is now FREELY available online - click here for access!

Responding to the financial and economic crisis that began in 2007-2008 – commonly called the Great Recession – has been a challenging and pressing problem for many governments, but in particular, for the advanced capitalist countries of Western Europe. These countries have experienced their most severe economic downturn since the 1930s. In SPSR 18:4, a set of prominent scholars were asked to discuss and revisit several of the key existing results and expectations in comparative political economy in light of the events observed so far. While it is still too early to come up with a full understanding of the political dynamics in motion, this set of contributions provides a series of interesting observations and results that should stimulate further debate and research. In the remainder of this introduction, we both announce things to come and put them into context.

This debate section is now freely available online

From Armed Neutrality to External Dependence: Swiss Security in the 21st Century
Marc R. DeVore and Armin Stähli

The Relational Approach to Terrorism
Jeff Goodwin

The Fairness of Media Coverage in Question: An Analysis of Referendum Campaigns on Welfare State Issues in Switzerland
Lionel Marquis, Hans-Peter Schaub and Marlène Gerber

Values and Votes: The Indirect Effect of Personal Values on Voting Behavior
Philipp Leimgruber

Governing Morality Issues through Procedural Policies
Isabelle Engeli and Frédéric Varone

Populist Communication and Publicity: An Empirical Study of Contextual Differences in Switzerland
Mirjam Cranmer