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Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
wiley   +1 more source

Entre système modulaire et observation continue

Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2000
The changes in evaluation processes proposed by policymakers, education specialists and teachers aim to establish methods to evaluate the learning process and results of pupils and students throughout and upon completion of their studies. To achieve this
Gianni Colombo
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

Representativeness and Mode Effects in the Swiss Election Study (Selects): Are Paper Surveys Still Relevant?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Web‐based surveys have gained popularity due to their cost‐effectiveness and changing participation habits, a trend accelerated by the COVID‐19 pandemic. This raises questions about the continued value of paper‐based surveys in mixed‐mode studies like the Swiss Election Study (Selects), which uses a push‐to‐web design, offering a paper ...
Jan‐Erik Refle, Lukas Lauener, Annika Lindholm   +2 more
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L’infrastructure de l’éducation dans les zones rurales

Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 1996
Dans un contexte nuancé en raison des importantes disparités régionales, les pays de l’OCDE sont confrontés à des questions identiques sur l’organisation des écoles en milieu rural, sur leur rôle dans les communautés locales et sur le coût d’un ...
Richard Yelland
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Are Less Affluent People Less Likely to Run for Political Office?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In almost all democracies, elected officials are better off than most of the citizens they represent. Recent research has shown that this descriptive misrepresentation is partly due to voter and party bias against less well‐off candidates. In this paper, we explore a third possible explanation: Are less affluent people less likely to run for ...
Pirmin Bundi, Reto Wüest
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Mental Health and the Climate Crisis: A Call to Action for Canadian Psychiatrists. [PDF]

Can J Psychiatry, 2023
Rosenbaum D, Levitt S.
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Do Voters and Candidates Share the Same Views on Democracy? Support for and Satisfaction with Democracy in Switzerland

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The perceived “crisis of democracy” has received much attention in recent scholarly and societal debates. Yet much of the focus has been on democratic attitudes of citizens. We only know little about the democracy orientations of political candidates, and whether voter and candidate views on democracy are congruent.
Annika Lindholm, Lukas Lauener
wiley   +1 more source

L’exception du Bade-Würtemberg

Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 1998
Bade-Würtemberg is the only Land which did not hand over teacher training to universities in 1994. It preferred to keep the Pädagogische Hochschulen, giving them the status of autonomous universities and linking them directly to the Bade- Würtemberg ...
Rainer Gartenschläger
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