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Swiss Public Administration
Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public administration, there are other factors which make a country successful. The authors argue that Switzerland is an interesting case, from a theoretical, scientific and a more practice-oriented perspective. While confronted with the same challenges as other countries, Switzerland offers different solutions, some of which work astonishingly well.
Rediscovering Public Law and Public Administration in Comparative Policy Analysis
Publié à l'occasion du 60e anniversaire du Prof. Peter Knoepfel, Professeur à l'Institut de hautes études en administration publique (IDHEAP).
A Critical Approach to International Water Management Trends
This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field. Among others, these trends include water security, adaptive or integrative management, and the water-energy-food nexus, which are often presented as essential means to reaching more sustainable and resilient water use. However, the extent to which these trends have managed to structure concrete practices in water management remains uncertain. Informed by empirically grounded research, each chapter of this work engages with a particular approach, concept or theory. Together, they provide a nuanced picture of trends in water management that require universal remedies and global norms.
The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the many different facets of the Swiss political system and of the major developments in modern Swiss politics. It brings together a diverse set of more than 50 leading experts in their respective areas, who explore Switzerland's distinctive and sometimes intriguing politics at all levels and across multiple themes. In placing the topics in an international and comparative context and in conversation with the broader scholarly literature, the contributors provide a much-needed counterpoint to the rather idealized and sometimes outdated perception of Swiss politics. The work is divided into thematic sections that represent the inherent diversit...
Environmental Policy Analyses
There are few more sensitive or important policy areas in the world today, and that means this book is a hugely relevant and timely one. Written by practice-oriented political scientists from various universities in Europe and the rest of the world, this book is a testimony to both policy and the evolution of policy analyses over the last 25 years. On the basis of empirical observations all contributions have attempted to develop new conceptual perspectives for environmental policy analyses which furthermore can be generalized and applied to other policy fields.
Construire à la montagne
L'adoption de l'article constitutionnel et de la législation fédérale sur les résidences secondaires a marqué de manière manifeste et durable le régime des constructions dans les zones touristiques en Suisse, plus particulièrement dans les régions alpines. La demi-journée de droit de l'environnement organisée par l'Université de Lausanne en 2021 a été consacrée aux nouveaux enjeux de l'urbanisation en montagne – en Suisse, mais également en France. Le présent ouvrage réunit les actes des conférenciers ayant participé à cette édition. Le droit applicable aux résidences secondaires occupe une place particulière dans cette publication, en raison des subtilités qu'il c...
Environmental Governance Dynamics
Integration of environmental governance is considered a favorable scenario for sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. However, the patterns of integration remain under-investigated. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the extension of governance scope and its integration in the long run. We find that, if extension positively affects integration, an indirect adverse and reinforcing effect manifests during development of the governance. This indirect effect develops because of complex institutional interplays and contradictory overlaps. Consequently, extension tends to reduce governance coherence. Transversal transaction costs appear to cause this loss of coherence. In the long-run, we predict that this micro-indirect effect leads to an Institutional Complexity Trap, where the marginal positive impact of extension on integration is low and declining over time. Four examples presented in this paper substantiate our conceptual proposition of transversal transaction costs. In addition, six water governance cases in Europe from 1750 to 2004 provide empirical support to the macro dynamics of institutional complexity trap.
