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As HN: Best Book to read that explains the Swiss governance System?

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I often hear from people I follow like Nassim Taleb say that the Swiss government is one of the most democratic & stable.

What books can I read to properly/fully understand the Swiss government structures, institutions & way of doing things?

Who are their James Madison's i.e minds that influenced their political system?

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You could do worse than the Mix & Remix introductions:

  https://www.editionslep.ch/schweiz-in-sicht (DE)
  https://www.editionslep.ch/institutions-politiques-suisses-epub (FR)
  https://www.editionslep.ch/istituzioni-politiche-svizzere (IT)

which may or may not also be reflected in the english translation:

  https://www.editionslep.ch/swiss-democracy-in-a-nutshell

(NB I personally believe that attempting to import Swiss institutions without also implementing Swiss education is unlikely to be successful.

cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Pestalozzi for some origins of the latter.)

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