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There has been a tendency amongst scholars to view Switzerland as a
unique case, and comparative scholarship on the radical right has
therefore shown little interest in the country. Yet, as the author
convincingly argues, there is little justification for maintaining
the notion of Swiss exceptionalism, and excluding the Swiss radical
right from cross-national research. His book presents the first
comprehensive study of the development of the radical right in
Switzerland since the end of the Second World War and therefore
fills a significant gap in our knowledge. It examines the role that
parties and political entrepreneurs of the populist right,
intellectuals and publications of the New Right, as well as
propagandists and militant groups of the extreme right assume in
Swiss politics and society. The author shows that post-war
Switzerland has had an electorally and discursively important
radical right since the 1960s that has exhibited continuity and
persistence in its organizations and activities. Recently, this has
resulted in the consolidation of a diverse Swiss radical right that
is now established at various levels within the political and
public arena.
This book explores the history of migration in Switzerland from the
late nineteenth century to the present day. It brings together
recent scholarship on Switzerland in the field of cultural and
migration studies, as well as migration history, and combines
various research approaches from postcolonial studies,
transnational studies, border studies, and history of knowledge.
Since the late nineteenth century, Switzerland has gradually
transformed into a migration society, becoming one of the countries
in Europe with the highest percentage of migrant population. While
migration has become one of most contentious issues in Swiss public
and political debates, the volume also shows how migrants have
developed various strategies to deal with the country's
discriminatory policies and distinct institutional settings. The
authors of the volume convincingly challenge the view that
Switzerland still does not represent a migration (or even
post-migrant) society and substantially contributes to the long
overdue acknowledgement of Switzerland in migration history and
studies at the international level.
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