TY - BOOK AU - Benini,Aldo Albert TI - Modern Switzerland: a volume in the comparative societies series T2 - Comparative societies series SN - 0070344272 AV - HN603.5 .B46 1999 U1 - 306.09494 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill College KW - Politics and government KW - Switzerland KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135); History and geography -- Culture and social structure -- Basic institutions -- Swiss politics -- Switzerland in the world economy -- social problems -- Outlook: trains of society N2 - Introduces students to many of the aspects of Swiss society, such as the peaceful coexistence of its several cultures, its direct democracy, and the international connections of its banking and manufacturing industries. This book also brings out the country's internal diversity, its firm traditions, and its responses to modern developments UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh023/98014811.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh022/98014811.html ER -