Preface Notes on the Contributors PART ONE The 1848 Conflicts and Their Significance in Swiss Historiography; T.Maissen Contemporary Reactions to '1848' by Writers and Intellectuals; R.Charbon How to Create a National Myth: Switzerland Reflected in its Contemporary Writing; U.Bugmann PART TWO Reforming the Swiss Federal Constitution: An International Lawyer's Perspective; T.Cottier Swiss Politics Today; W.Linder Finding a New Role in International Conflict Resolution: Switzerland after the End of the Cold War; A.Williams The Swiss Economy: Facing the Future; D.Furgler Redefining Swiss Relations with Europe; C.Church Index
URS BUGMANN Journalist, Luzerner Neueste Nachrichten
REMY CHARBON Lecturer in Modern German Literature, Universities of Fribourg and Geneva
CLIVE H. CHURCH Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury
THOMAS COTTIER Professor of International Law, University of Bern
DOMINIK FURGLER Economic Counsellor and Head of the Economic Department, Swiss Embassy, London
WOLF LINDER Professor of Politics and Director of the Institute for Swiss Politics, University of Bern
THOMAS MAISSEN Historical Analyst
ANDREW WILLIAMS Reader in International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury