The Evolution of the Water Regime in Switzerland

摘要: The Swiss political system is characterised by direct democracy, its distinctive federalist structure, and societal pluralistic traditional corporatistic system. Due to the nature of Confederation’s historical origins, state affairs mostly remain in hands cantons, all which have their own constitution institutions comprising a legislature (generally parliament), government courts (Germann, 1999: 388). Switzerland’s strongly structure also origin as process construction Confederation was associated with need resolve through integration problems posed different languages, religions and, later also, interests work capital (Linder, 1999).