Publications
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Soziale Arbeit und die Soziale Frage
(2018)
"For a long time, the use of the term «Social Question» was referred to as being a phenomenon of the 19th century, related to the social changes taking place during that period. Today, however, the so-called Social Question ...
Entre démocratisation et professionnalisation: le Parlement suisse et ses membres de 1910 à 2016
(2016)
This book provides a detailed historical analysis of the Swiss Parliament. It sheds light on how the profiles of parliamentarians have evolved over a century, and recounts the various legislative reforms affecting their ...
Die Nutzung von Evaluationen in den Schweizer Parlamenten
(2019)
Evaluations assess the effectiveness of a public policy using a scientific approach and thus provide bases to make effects-oriented and well-founded decisions in parliament. Although policy evaluations have been established ...
Opferstatus und Geschlecht
(2015)
Victim status and gender Development and implementation of victim assistance in Switzerland In Switzerland, the Victim of Crime Act (VCA; Opferhilfegesetz, OHG), in place since 1993, guarantees free legal, medical, ...
Héritages coloniaux
(2021)
What relationship do European countries have with their colonial past? The way they deal
with, reread, reconstruct, forget or conceal this part of their history is decisive for
understanding today’s geopolitics and for ...
Asile et abus. Asyl und Missbrauch
(2020)
The issue of asylum has polarised Swiss public opinion for the last four decades. Since its
entry into force in 1981, the Asylum Law has been revised on numerous occasions, following
a general trend toward more ...
Le bénévolat des jeunes
(2019)
What makes young people want to learn, commit and become involved in an activity? This issue is of particular interest to teachers, but also to employers. In order to provide some answers, the authors of this book are ...
Scheidung als soziales Risiko
(2024)
Separations and divorces have become much more common in the last 50 years. Almost half of the marriages or cohabiting relationships break up over time. To date, knowledge about the situation of divorced people immediately ...
Revisioning Democracy and Women’s Suffrage
(2024)
This anthology addresses the current understanding of democracy from a feminist, intersectional and transnational perspective with a particular focus on the relevance of women’s suffrage in Switzerland since 1971, and ...
Spitalplanung Schweiz
(2023)
This book brings together two current issues that are much debated in federal Switzerland: firstly, the politically salient issue of hospital planning that lies in the realm of substate competence in need of coordination, ...