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Since the industrialization in the 19th century, Switzerland has been an attractive destination for immigrants. In 2009, foreign residents constituted 22.9 percent of the total population. Switzerland was thus host to more foreigners than many other European countries. Despite these facts, Switzerland has - for a long time - denied to be a country of immigration. Coherent integration policies have therefore been designed only in recent years. While conditions for immigration have been eased for EU citizens since the 1990s, immigration of third country citizens is currently limited to the highly qualified and family reunification.

Die Schweiz ist ein Land, das seit der Industrialisierung und des damit einhergehenden wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts Zuwanderer anzieht. Der Ausländeranteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung lag 2009 bei 22,9 Prozent und damit höher als in vielen anderen europäischen Staaten. Trotz dieser Tatsachen hat die Schweiz es lange Zeit abgelehnt, sich als Einwanderungsland zu sehen. Eine systematische Integrationspolitik wurde daher erst in den letzten Jahren konzipiert. Während seit den 1990er Jahren die Zuwanderungsbedingungen für EU-Staatsangehörige sukzessiv erleichtert wurden, beschränkt sich die Zuwanderung aus Drittstaaten aktuell auf Hochqualifizierte und den Familiennachzug.

Collecting data on households and individuals since 1999, the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) is an ongoing, unique, large-scale, nationally representative, longitudinal study in Switzerland. The data of the SHP provide a rich source of information to study social change in Switzerland over a significant period on a wide variety of topics. The SHP aims to provide both continuity and innovation in measurement and data collection, with the combination of retrospective and prospective longitudinal data in the most recent refreshment sample as one notable example of such an innovation.

Provides an overview of politics in Switzerland in 1999, highlighting election results & prominent issues. 5 Tables, 10 References.

Analyzes election results and cabinet changes in Switzerland during 2004. Tables, References.

Provides an overview of politics in Switzerland in 2000, highlighting election results & national issues. 2 Tables, 6 References. Adapted from the source document.

Switzerland has the traditional Austro-German representative association procedures. Debate on adoption of other models, given the opportunity of the introduction of a first federal Code of Civil Procedure, reveals considerable cautious conservatism toward reform. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]