Challenging Democracy - 9th Dialogue on Science of the Academia Engelberg Foundation 2010
At the end of the 9th Dialogue on Science, former Federal Counsellor Arnold Koller spoke about federalism and democracy. He outlined the development of democracy in the past 50 years in Europe and confirmed a real renaissance. Afterwards, he discussed in detail the relation between democracy and federalism and asked the rhetorical question of whether federalism really leads to more and better democracy. He outlined different factors of "demos-enabling features" and "demos-constraining features". Former Federal Counsellor Koller came to the conclusion that federalism can neither establish nor guarantee democracy. However, federalism is a successful and democratic way to solve conflicts in multicultural states, according to him. But it is not a panacea, as it is thought to be today, especially in conflict areas.
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