Amicable Agreement Versus Majority Rule

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Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part One: The Problem
	Chapter I. Theories, Definitions, and Methods
		1. The Theoretical Question
		2. The Initial Hypotheses
		3. Methods
Part Two: The Political System of Switzerland
	Chapter II. The Input of Demands from the Political Parties
		1. The Party System of Switzerland
		2. The Decision-making Process in the Individual Parties
	Chapter III. The Input of Demands from Other Intermediary Groups
		1. The Economic Interest Groups
		2. The Voluntary Associations
		3. The Mass Media
		4. The Jura Separatists
	Chapter IV. The Channels of Communication between the Intermediary Groups and the Formal Decision-makers
		1. Nonpublic Channels of Communication
		2. Public Channels of Communication
	Chapter V. The Output of Authoritative Decisions
		1. Federal Subsidies to the University Cantons
		2. Founding a University in the Canton of Aargau
		3. Other Decision-making Processes
	Chapter VI. The Input of Support
		1. The Output Performance of the Political System of Switzerland Compared with that of Other Political Systems
		2. The Output Performance of the Political System of Switzerland in the Perception of Its Citizens
		3. The Articulation and Aggregation of Support
	Chapter VII. Descriptive Propositions about the Political System of Switzerland
		1. The Input of Demands
		2. The Output of Authoritative Decisions
		3. The Input of Support
Part Three: A Theory of Hostility in Subculturally Strongly Segmented Political Systems
	Chapter VIII. Testing the Individual Hypotheses
	Chapter IX. Linkages Between the Hypotheses
		1. Conditions for Amicable Agreement
		2. Amicable Agreement and Hostility among Subcultures
		3. Some Applications to the European Community
Appendixes, Notes, and Index
	Appendixes
		Important Swiss Institutions
		Table 1. Population in Switzerland Since 1850
		Table 2. Population in Switzerland by Language Since 1910
		Table 3. Population in Switzerland by Religion Since 1910
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