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Demokracja bezpośrednia versus integracja mniejszości muzułmańskiej w Szwajcarii
Direct Democracy versus Integration of the Muslim Minority in Switzerland

Author(s): Mirosław Matyja
Subject(s): Politics, Public Administration, Public Law
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: Switzerland; Swiss political system; direct democracy; Muslim minority; federalism; popular initiative "stop minaret"; referendum

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of the role of the Muslim minority in Switzerland is the subject of this article. The Swiss political system is blocking the rights of Muslim religious minority and its full inte-gration in Switzerland and in the Swiss society. In Switzerland, the negative impact of direct democracy on the integration of Muslim religious minority exists. Limitation of full rights for the minority confirms the phenomenon of dysfunctionality in the Swiss direct democracy system.

  • Issue Year: 9/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 49-72
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish