Cluster: Democracy

Tech giants and digital shifts continue to erode Swiss media

This content was published on Oct 14, 2019 Growing media concentration, privatisation of societal debates, lost advertising revenues: this is the 2019 Quality of the Media Yearbook.

Democracy

Young people and poorer people don’t vote, says report

This content was published on Oct 13, 2019 About 20% of eligible Swiss never vote. They include the younger age group and people on lower incomes.

Democracy

‘Democracy is an unfinished work of art’

This content was published on Oct 13, 2019 Andreas Gross looks at the political systems of Switzerland and Taiwan, which recently introduced direct democracy into its political process.

Democracy

Opinion polls: taking the pulse or setting the tempo?

This content was published on Oct 11, 2019 In recent decades, opinion polls have become a fixture of the electoral landscape in Switzerland, as elsewhere. How useful are they?

Opinion

Democracy

Love it, don’t leave it: Why foreigners should engage with Swiss political issues

This content was published on Oct 10, 2019 An American living and working in Switzerland argues that non-citizens should not be afraid to speak their mind on social and political issues.

Democracy

As populism spreads, cities, not states, are advancing direct democracy

This content was published on Oct 9, 2019 Activists gathered in Taipei to establish an international league of democratic cities to coordinate grassroots democracy on local levels.

Democracy

Four decades on, Switzerland’s newest region is still growing up

This content was published on Oct 8, 2019 Born in 1979, Switzerland’s youngest canton still owes much of its political and economic fate to the federal system that houses it.

Democracy

Celebrating modern direct democracy with a Taiwanese character

This content was published on Oct 7, 2019 A first-hand look back at the participatory celebration that was the 2019 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy.

Democracy

The disappearing ritual of voting at the ballot box

This content was published on Oct 7, 2019 As more people vote by mail, physically going to the polls is becoming rare. swissinfo.ch looks back at the ritual of voting at the ballot box.

Democracy

Two week paternity leave on cards after initiative withdrawn

This content was published on Oct 2, 2019 A proposal to introduce a four-week statutory paternity leave in Switzerland will not go to a nationwide vote after all.

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