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The Invisible Scissors
Introduction -- The meanings of censorship -- The origins and evolution of media freedom in Switzerland -- Media and democracy today -- International obligations and the freedom of the media in Switzerland -- National standards -- The secretiveness of the military -- Media organisations and journalists' associations -- Education and training in journalism -- Print media -- Radio and television -- The Internet: progressing by fits and starts -- The power of advertising -- Playing with the truth -- Self-censorship and blind obedience -- The failure of media journalism -- Conclusion.
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Let's Swallow Switzerland!
Klaus Urner has discovered proof that Hitler wanted to "rub out" Switzerland. The planned occupation of the country was, however, postponed for a short time and in the end did not materialize. Switzerland was the only country in Western Europe that did not suffer military invasion in World War II. It made itself indispensable to both sides and survived in the eye of the hurricane that was Nazi aggression. "Let's Swallow Switzerland", including archival photographs, original color maps, and reprints of secret documents, sets new standards for the investigation of this important chapter of twentieth-century history.
Britain, Switzerland, and the Second World War
This is a study of British policy towards Switzerland during World War II.
Elisabeth Kopp
Die Kopps. Kein Ehepaar hat die Schweizer Öffentlichkeit stärker elektrisiert als Elisabeth und Hans W. Kopp. Sie waren Kinder des Kalten Krieges und lebenslänglich ein Liebespaar. Sie stiegen auf in die höchsten beruflichen und gesellschaftlichen Sphären des Landes. Zwei Leben, ein Schicksal. Sie: nach der Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts erste Gemeindepräsidentin der Deutschschweiz, erste Bundesrätin der Schweiz. Er: Wanderer zwischen den Welten, Starwirtschaftsanwalt, Universitätsdozent, Oberst im Generalstab, 'Medienpapst', Sachbuch- und Belletristikautor. Dann, am 27. Oktober 1988, ein verhängnisvolles Telefonat zwischen den beiden Ehepartnern. Der Sturz. Die gesellschaftliche Vernichtung. Zusammen blieben sie trotzdem.
Sex als Problem
Die "Liebe Marta" gab zwischen 1980 und 1995 in einer Boulevardzeitung Tipps zu Liebe und Sexualität. Peter- Paul Bänziger analysiert die Briefe der dort Rat suchenden Leserinnen und Leser. Er beschreibt ihre Hoffnung auf eine von Beziehungs- und sexuellen Problemen unbelastete Zukunft. Der Sex stellt sich hier als Problem dar, das gelöst werden muss und kann. Darin zeigt sich eine "mechanistische" Auffassung von Sexualität - alles ist machbar und lernbar, Sex ist behandelbar und beschreibbar und wird damit zusehends normalisiert.
Swiss Made
Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do they continue to refresh themselves? Does the Swiss 'Sonderfall' (special case) provide lessons others can learn and benefit from? Can the Swiss continue to perform in a hyper-competitive global economy? Swiss Made offers answers to these and many other questions about the country as it describes the origins, structures and characteristics of the most important Swiss companies. The authors suggest success is due to a large degree to sound entrepreneurial thinking and an openness to new ideas. And they venture a surprising forecast on the country's ability to keep pace in an age of globalisation.
Faces of Neutrality
This important book fills a historical gap and acts as a valuable corrective in the general treatment of Switzerland's role during the Second World War. In addressing all of the moral and historical charges laid at Switzerland's door in relation to Nazi Germany, it does not offer an apology but, far more valuably, provides a sustained, nuanced analysis of the issues at stake. Contending that Swiss neutrality during the Second World War has not only been misunderstood, but has also been unfairly stigmatized, the book's wide-ranging assessment offers a much-needed corrective to received wisdom on the subject. Commendably, it presents a comparative assessment, comparing the Swiss both to Europe...
