Marie‐christine Fontana
Biographic Data
| ID | 4276097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie‐christine Fontana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie‐christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Fontana |
| SIGNATURE | FONTANA M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lausanne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Europeanisation of Swiss Decision‐Making in Comparative Perspective
Switzerland is often considered as an anomaly in the middle of Europe, with its set of bizarre political institutions preventing it from joining the European Union. In many respects, the institution of direct democracy and the obligation to ratify each EU-related decision via compulsory referendums have made the emergence of a “permissive consensus” over European integration very difficult. While the de-politicisation of EU matters has been under…
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
Putting the Special Case in Its Place
This research note presents a set of strategies to conduct small‐N comparisons in policy research including the Swiss case. Even though every country can be considered “special” to some extent, the Swiss political system is often viewed as a particularly difficult case for comparison because of the impact of its idiosyncratic institutional features (most notably direct democracy). In order to deal with this problem, our note sets out two possible…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
Putting the Special Case in Its Place
This research note presents a set of strategies to conduct small‐N comparisons in policy research including the Swiss case. Even though every country can be considered “special” to some extent, the Swiss political system is often viewed as a particularly difficult case for comparison because of the impact of its idiosyncratic institutional features (most notably direct democracy). In order to deal with this problem, our note sets out two possible…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
The Europeanisation of Swiss Decision‐Making in Comparative Perspective
Switzerland is often considered as an anomaly in the middle of Europe, with its set of bizarre political institutions preventing it from joining the European Union. In many respects, the institution of direct democracy and the obligation to ratify each EU-related decision via compulsory referendums have made the emergence of a “permissive consensus” over European integration very difficult. While the de-politicisation of EU matters has been under…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
Putting the Special Case in Its Place
This research note presents a set of strategies to conduct small‐N comparisons in policy research including the Swiss case. Even though every country can be considered “special” to some extent, the Swiss political system is often viewed as a particularly difficult case for comparison because of the impact of its idiosyncratic institutional features (most notably direct democracy). In order to deal with this problem, our note sets out two possible…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
The Europeanisation of Swiss Decision‐Making in Comparative Perspective
Switzerland is often considered as an anomaly in the middle of Europe, with its set of bizarre political institutions preventing it from joining the European Union. In many respects, the institution of direct democracy and the obligation to ratify each EU-related decision via compulsory referendums have made the emergence of a “permissive consensus” over European integration very difficult. While the de-politicisation of EU matters has been under…
Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Europeanisation (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Positive economics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)