This paper analyses the economic interests which underpin the immigration policy agenda of the strongest radical populist right party in Western Europe, the Swiss People´s Party. Rather than understanding this agenda merely as the manifestation of anti-immigration resentment or the exploitation...

This article investigates the political mechanisms whereby internationalisation through labour mobility can strengthen collective bargaining in coordinated market economies. By focusing on Switzerland as a pathway case, it shows how new political cleavages generated by internationalisation can...

The free circulation of workers and services in the European Union after its latest enlargements has been believed to foster a ‘race to the bottom’ in wage standards. This paper explains the strategies of national employer associations towards labour market regulations geared to protect...

Throughout the twentieth century, Switzerland has been one of the OECD countries with the highest proportion of immigrants in its population. The aim of this article is to show how institutional factors have shaped the opportunities for change in immigration and immigrant-employment-related...

This article provides an overview of the main demographic, social and economic characteristics of Portuguese immigration in Switzerland. First, the political and economic underpinnings of Portuguese migration flows to Switzerland are outlined. The demographic and sociological composition of...

This article analyses the varying influence across time of the "epistemic community" of free-market economists on immigration policy-making in Switzerland. To that end, a framework for the analysis of the impact of economic expertise is provided, and then used in an historical analysis comparing...