James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.

Switzerland is known for its luxury watches, decadent chocolate, scenic Alpine villages, and of course, its banks. But here’s ...

The militia principle is a special feature of Swiss democracy. It strengthens the connection between those who govern and ...

In a participatory democracy like Switzerland, the population has an important role in shaping the country’s policies — ...

The revelation has jolted Switzerland's vaunted system of direct democracy, where mail-in balloting is the main way that voters cast ballots and where referendums four times a year give citizens a ...

Secret meetings, no prime minister, a seven-member cabinet that defends decisions collectively – how the Swiss system of ...

Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country ...

In short, our goal is to develop for B.C. a smaller, more efficient, less wasteful, less intrusive system of government, similar to the Swiss system of direct democracy. A system where the MLAs ...