Book Review: Amicable Agreement Versus Majority Rule: Conflict Resolution in Switzerland

Authors

Frank Tachau, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle

Keywords

Swiss American Historical Society, book review

Abstract

Writing a review of a book about Swiss politics for Swiss-American readers is not an easy task for a non-Swiss political scientist. Unfortunately, the Swiss political system has simply not been a very popular subject for investigation by American political scientists. Since Switzerland is the oldest and perhaps most successful multi-ethnic political system in Europe, if not the world, this lack of attention and popularity is very regrettable indeed, The appearance in English translation of this book by Jurg Steiner of the University of North Carolina (with teaching affiliations at the Universities of Zurich and Geneva as well) does a great deal to fill this gap.

Recommended Citation

Tachau, Frank (1974) "Book Review: Amicable Agreement Versus Majority Rule: Conflict Resolution in Switzerland," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol10/iss3/7