Archive: Democracy

Yes, we Can: Vote on Everything and with Anyone

On the exercise of direct democracy in Switzerland

29.06.2018, Tibère Adler

Six Scenarios for Switzerland’s Future

Where does the future lie for a small, export dependent country in an era of ever bigger blocs?

31.05.2018, Haig Simonian

Switzerland White Paper

Six sketches for the future

30.05.2018, Peter Grünenfelder, Patrik Schellenbauer, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Langenegger, Verena Parzer-Epp, Marco Salvi, Jakob Schaad, Fabian Schnell, Urs Steiner

Federalism as a Laboratory of Ideas

How Swiss cantons can learn from their neighbors

15.03.2018, Laura Calendo

We Need to Get Out of the Comfort Zone

Major future issues are taboo in Swiss politics

15.01.2018, Peter Grünenfelder

Using the Fifth Switzerland to Its Full Potential

Opportunities of digital democracy for the integration of Swiss living abroad

03.11.2017, Laura Calendo

The Major Misconception

Bye bye baby-boomers ! Why are fast-changing societies no longer categorized into “generations”?

14.08.2017, Salomè Vogt

Refusing to Say Farewell

Bye bye baby-boomers ! Why the eternally young withdraw stealthily

07.08.2017, Thomas Held

«Everything Was Politicized: From the Jeans That Were Worn, to Rock and Roll and Even Sexuality»

Bye bye baby-boomers ! Michael Wiederstein and Daniel Müller-Jentsch meet Michael Hermann and talked about the political legacy of the baby-boom generation

10.07.2017, Daniel Müller-Jentsch

Rethinking International Trade and Migration after Brexit and Trump

Focus of the month Think Tank Summit Think-tankers from six countries analyzing the changing geopolitical framework

14.03.2017, Mariusz Lukasiewicz

NFA 2 – Towards a Revitalisation of Swiss Federalism

The new study by Avenir Suisse calls for the implementation…

13.01.2017, Lukas Rühli, Natanael Rother

New Online Publication: Avenir Suisse Freedom Index 2016

Avenir Suisse’s Freedom Index, which compares Switzerland’s cantons based on…

20.12.2016, Samuel Rutz, Tobias Schlegel

Avenir Suisse’s Freedom Index: It‘s Getting Tougher at the Top

An innovative interactive tool to compare the civil and economic freedoms of Swiss cantons

18.12.2015, Samuel Rutz, Tobias Schlegel

Watch the Swiss

Insights and outlooks from abroad

01.10.2015, Gerhard Schwarz and Karen Horn (eds.)

Passive voting rights for active foreigners

Possibilities for political engagement at local level

08.09.2015, Tibère Adler, Hugo Moret, Nicole Pomezny and Tobias Schlegel

Learning Switzerland

It’s time for a more liberal view of history. Instead…

03.08.2015, Andreas Müller

We Must Stick To Our Principles

Ordoliberalism – the social market economy – has served Switzerland…

29.05.2015, Gerhard Schwarz

The Referendum

More democracy through greater focus

07.04.2015, Lukas Rühli, Tibère Adler

Bad marks for Switzerland’s willingness to reform

Edition of DA CH Reformbarometer 2015

26.03.2015, Marco Salvi, Robert Koza and Thomas Puls

Citizens’ state and state-minded citizens

The “militia” system between myth and modernity

13.01.2015, Andreas Müller, with contributions of Sarah Bütikofer, Hans Geser, Stefan Thomas Güntert, Martin Heller, Hanna Ketterer, Georg Kohler, Andreas Ladner, Patrik Schellenbauer and Theo Wehner

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