‘Let's Talk Cash’: Cantons' Interests and the Reform of Swiss Federalism

Cappelletti, Fabio; Fischer, Manuel; Sciarini, Pascal

doi:10.1080/13597566.2013.808627

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“…The reform was negotiated in several working groups, in which federal and cantonal officials were always equally represented. Cappelletti, Fischer and Sciarini () argue that distributional conflicts were omnipresent in these working groups. Braun (), in contrast, emphasizes that it was possible to overcome material interests.…”

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“…Most studies investigate primarily these inter‐cantonal conflicts (see, e.g., Cappelletti, Fischer and Sciarini, ). Focusing the analysis on the distributional conflict between the cantonal and the federal governments is at least as interesting.…”

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“…Furthermore, the rural cantons asked for compensations for the spending that is caused by the geo-topographical structure of their territory, while urban cantons requested some burden sharing for their expenditures caused by the sociodemographic structure of their populations. Most studies investigate primarily these inter-cantonal conflicts (see, e.g., Cappelletti, Fischer and Sciarini, 2014). Focusing the analysis on the distributional conflict between the cantonal and the federal governments is at least as interesting.…”

Section: The Nfa Negotiationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For further details on the negotiation stages, seeSwiss Federal Council (2001, 2005;Dafflon (2004);Braun (2009);Cappelletti, Fischer and Sciarini (2014); Kirchg€ assner (2012).…”

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The Cooperative Capacity of Swiss Federalism

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The federal structure is a defining feature of the Swiss polity. According to the disenchanted hypothesis, which argues that the Swiss political culture of accommodating competing interests has come under pressures, we should expect that cooperation among the cantons and between the federal and cantonal governments has deteriorated over the last 25 years. However, inter‐cantonal coordination has increased substantially. In addition, the successful negotiation of the NFA shows that the federal and cantonal governments can reach comprehensive agreements. This study provides empirical analyses of the NFA reform and of inter‐cantonal tax competition. The NFA analysis shows that the cantons successfully coordinated their interests vis‐à‐vis the federal government, and the findings of the spatial econometric tax competition investigation suggest that inter‐cantonal coordination in the NFA had an attenuating effect on tax competition. Overall, the problem‐solving capacity of the Swiss federal system is remarkably high—not disenchanted.

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“…For further details on the negotiation stages, seeSwiss Federal Council (2001, 2005;Dafflon (2004);Braun (2009);Cappelletti, Fischer and Sciarini (2014); Kirchg€ assner (2012).…”

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“…Pour un bilan de l'impact attendu de la réforme sur les finances cantonales au moment du vote voir Cappelletti et al. ().…”

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Quand la famille se déchire: analyse des sections divergentes cantonales lors des votations populaires 2003‐2011

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Dacorogna

2014

Swiss Political Sci Review

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R esum e: L'apparition de sections cantonales divergentes lors des votations populaires est un ph enom ene r ecurrent en Suisse. Toutefois, malgr e l'int erêt de son analyse pour appr ecier la coh esion interne des partis, ce ph enom ene a et e d elaiss e par la litt erature r ecente. Nous comblons ce manque par une analyse a la fois quantitative et qualitative des sections divergentes lors des votations populaires des deux derni eres l egislatures (2003-2007 et 2007-2011). L'analyse quantitative illustre une stabilit e, voire une l eg ere diminution, du ph enom ene. L'analyse qualitative ( etudes de cas) quant a elle, relativise son impact sur la coh esion des partis: ses manifestations les plus importantes sont circonscrites a des domaines sp ecifiques et sont provoqu ees par des configurations particuli eres, ou des causes sp ecifiques.

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Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing

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Mueller²

2021

Swiss Democracy

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This chapter unpacks the notion of power-sharing and explains its centrality for political Switzerland. While direct democracy has played an important part in its evolution, law-making in Switzerland has become impossible without the participation of various interest groups at early stages of drafting already. The chapter details the functioning of Switzerland’s broad-based political pluralism, its structure of consociational democracy, the representation of the most important political parties and interest groups, and the ensuing processes of negotiation and mutual adjustment. It also discusses challenges and pitfalls of power-sharing.

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‘Let's Talk Cash’: Cantons' Interests and the Reform of Swiss Federalism

Cited by 32 publications

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The Cooperative Capacity of Swiss Federalism

The Cooperative Capacity of Swiss Federalism

Quand la famille se déchire: analyse des sections divergentes cantonales lors des votations populaires 2003‐2011

Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing

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