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Preface ix l| The Swiss Enigma 1 Some Historical Background on the Status of Swiss Linguistic and Religious Minorities 2 Considerations of Geography and the Smallness of the Swiss State 8 Cross-Cutting Cleavages 10 Myths and Realities of the Swiss Case 11 Consociational Democracy and the 1. This view is expressed in such titles and subtitles as "Der Sonderfall der 1 2 I The Swiss Enigma tended to conceal important elements of public policy as well as common problems faced by other multi-ethnic societies. ## Some Historical Background on the Status of Swiss Linguistic and Religious Minorities "There seems," writes McRae (1964:5), "to be a widespread impression that the current happy condition of linguistic equality in Switzerland has its roots deep in Swiss history." At best, this explanation is only partially true. The cultural and linguistic variety of Switzerland is something comparatively recent. The first five centuries of the Confederation as well as the fundamental tradition of Switzerland belong to the German-speaking population. Of the thirteen cantons 2 admitted into the Confederation before the Reformation, only Fribourg had any significant Frenchspeaking population, and

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Author

Carol L. Schmid

Publisher

University of California Press ; University of California Press, Ltd

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520040793

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Anthropology, Social_sciences