The Politics and Government of Switzerland -Clive H. Church

I am often asked how I got interested in Switzerland and its politics. The answer is a combination of chance with the fact that few others choose to study it. The process goes back 30 years to the time I left Granarolo dell’Emilia for Lausanne to see what had happened during the revolutions of 1830. By luck I ran into Francois and Marie-Claude Jequier who introduced me to the rich delights of Swiss history, about which previous study of European history had taught me nothing. Hence I went on to start a history of Switzerland with the support of the British Academy and Pro Helvetia.