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

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 33-59

  Häusermann, Silja ^a   Mach, André ^b   Papadopoulos, Yannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Neo corporatism; Social policy; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646257485     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: 16626370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2004.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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