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While Switzerland is well known for its specific political
institutions, such as direct democracy, federalism and neutrality,
or for its banking secrecy, its socio-economic institutions, which
decisively contributed to its prosperity, remain relatively
unexplored. This book gives the first systematic overview of Swiss
political economy in comparative perspectives. Divided into four
sections, the first offers an introduction to Swiss political
economy, its major political institutions and Switzerland'
relationship to the EU. The remaining three sections provide case
studies on different parts of the political economy and policy
fields. The case studies with in part two and three focus on
economic actors, major socio-economic institutions addressing
corporate governance, finance, labour market, skills and training.
Part four addresses social and economic policies, including
welfare, liberalization and economic regulatory reforms.
Switzerland in Europe also offers several insights into important
literature in comparative political economy: the varieties of
capitalism, small states, institutional change and patterns of
democracy. This will be of interest students and scholars of
comparative politics, political economy, Switzerland, small states
and European Studies.
While Switzerland is well known for its specific political
institutions, such as direct democracy, federalism and neutrality,
or for its banking secrecy, its socio-economic institutions, which
decisively contributed to its prosperity, remain relatively
unexplored. This book gives the first systematic overview of Swiss
political economy in comparative perspectives. Divided into four
sections, the first offers an introduction to Swiss political
economy, its major political institutions and Switzerland'
relationship to the EU. The remaining three sections provide case
studies on different parts of the political economy and policy
fields. The case studies with in part two and three focus on
economic actors, major socio-economic institutions addressing
corporate governance, finance, labour market, skills and training.
Part four addresses social and economic policies, including
welfare, liberalization and economic regulatory reforms.
Switzerland in Europe also offers several insights into important
literature in comparative political economy: the varieties of
capitalism, small states, institutional change and patterns of
democracy. This will be of interest students and scholars of
comparative politics, political economy, Switzerland, small states
and European Studies.
Education, skill formation, and training continue to be important
areas of consideration for both public policy and research. This
book examines the particular types of vocational training known as
collective skill formation systems, whereby the training (often
firm-based apprenticeships) is collectively organized by businesses
and unions with state support and cooperation in execution,
finance, and monitoring.
With contributions from leading academics, this book is the first
to provide a comprehensive analysis of the varying historical
origins of, and recent developments in, vocational training
systems, offering in-depth studies on coordinated market economies,
namely Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Denmark.
It also contains comparative chapters that analyse how these
countries react to common challenges such as deindustrialization,
labour market stratification, academic drift, gender inequalities,
and Europeanization.
Whereas previous research has focused on the differences between
various kinds of skill regimes, this book focuses on explaining
institutional variety within the group of collective skill
formation systems. The development of skill formation systems is
regarded as a dynamic political process, dependent on the outcome
of various political struggles regarding such matters as
institutional design and transformations during critical junctures
in historical development.
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