This article explores societal culture as an antecedent of public service motivation. Culture
can be a major factor in developing an institution-based theory of public service motivation …

This book proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work,
proposing a systematic approach to the identification and measurement of the ways in which …

Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms
of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political …

This article develops a conceptual, methodological, and theoretical framework for analyzing
dynamic de/centralization in federations. It first reviews the literature and outlines the …

This article presents the conclusions of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization
in Federations?, which analyzed dynamic de/centralization in Australia, Canada, Germany …

Part of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization in Federations?, this article
studies dynamic de/centralization in Switzerland since 1848 and seeks to account for the …

Why are small and culturally homogeneous nation-states in the advanced capitalist world so
prosperous? Examining how Denmark, Ireland, and Switzerland managed the 2008 …

Contrary to the view that linguistic homogeneity is required to create a viable demos, this
article argues that linguistic diversity can be a permanent feature of any democratic …

L'expérience suisse en matière d'aménagement linguistique, et plus généralement en
gestion de la diversité, est, par comparaison avec d'autres pays linguistiquement pluriels …

This chapter critically assesses territorial strategies for managing plurinational states. After
defining the plurinational state, the chapter identifies a number of 'varieties' of territorial …