InstitutionClaim Cited
Switzerland
Switzerland's 1848 federation was a settlement imposed after the Sonderbund civil war, then repeatedly changed as defeated Catholic-conservative cantons, women excluded from the electorate, federal judges, initiative campaigns, and religious minorities contested who could authorize common rules. Referendums made opposition governable, but popular authorization did not guarantee equal standing.
How did military victors, cantonal minorities, excluded women, courts, and initiative campaigns keep renegotiating the boundary between local autonomy, popular rule, and equal standing?