Switzerland and globalisation

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In the context of our globalisation project, we had to choose a country, present it and show how it deals with this era of globalisation. We chose Switzerland because we thought that it was one of the best examples of globalisation. Effectively, before the phenomenon of globalization as we know nowadays, Switzerland was open to the world, maybe forced by its geographic situation and its small size to find a way of flourishing. Also by the banks, which have attracted money from all over the world. The success of Switzerland is due to the foreign countries with their exportations and the money they put in its banks. Let see how it manages to take the bend of the globalisation in detail.

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[...] Foreign policy Switzerland has understood the World evolution and adapts its position to consequences. The Swiss objectives in terms of foreign policy are conservatism and human rights. The neutrality in conflict provides a strong image to the Swiss people, who try to resolve conflicts by discussing, they also promote the democracy system and encourage the government to apply this political system. Switzerland is also a fervent defender of Human Rights and of its respect around the World. Switzerland takes position in environment protection (species, climate, chemical products) and against deforestation. [...]

[...] We found also the second largest UN office in Geneva. In Europe, Swiss confederation was one of the founders of European Free Trade Association, which allows liberalism of trade for the members of the EFTA, independent of the European Union convention. Switzerland has also signed the Schengen Agreement, which removes the systematic border control between the participating countries. The country is organized in cantons. Three cantons have ‘more power' than the others: Zurich, Lucerne and Bern. These three cantons concentrate as the power of Switzerland: legislative and executive council. [...]

[...] Therefore, Switzerland was the second world's best place to live in 2009. Immigration If the population growth rate is still increasing, it is mostly due to the demographic contribution of the foreign residents, because birthrate is more and more low each year in Switzerland. Thus, foreigners' proportion is important as it reaches more than 20% of the Swiss population and this figure is more impressive among children as this rate achieves 26% of the population aged less than 6 years old. [...]

[...] The Swiss Council of State is composed of two representatives of each canton. The National council of Switzerland is composed of representatives elected from across the country under a system of proportional representation. The citizens are subjected to three legal jurisdictions: the commune, the federal level and the canton. The direct democracy or representative direct democracy has been present since 1848. There is a common parliament: the exception of this system allows citizens to change their decisions in certain situations. [...]

[...] That is a new and a direct effect of globalisation. Religion The most common religion is christianism and then the reformed church of evangelism. Islam comes in the third position with a little bit more than of the whole population. But we saw recently, with the question of the minaret that religion is a sensible subject. The Jewish represent only which is amazing because in the popular mind, banks are associated with the Jewish people. III- Globalisation and political Switzerland and Europe Switzerland voted against membership in the European Economy Area in 1992, but still maintains good relationships with the EU and the European countries through bilateral agreements (Schengen treaty in 1999 and Dublin Convention). [...]