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SPECYFIKA WIELOKULTUROWEJ SZWAJCARII

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Matyja M.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

2018

issue 6

15-44

Multicultural Switzerland is a combination of many diwerent components – four of cial languages, many religions, minorities and cultures. Switzerland is historicallya „model” of political and multicultural integration; the Swiss nation has also a political aracter. Four factors are very important in Swiss cultural policy: the constitution, which makes the principle of diversity a priority, federalism, representative government and direct democracy. In Switzerland, cultural minorities should be divided into traditional minorities, which are ethnic and linguistic minorities and so-called new minorities, formed because of immigration in the last half-century. Multilingualism is a basic element of the identity of the Swiss state and a guarantee of recognition of cultural minorities in this country. There is no ocial state religion in Switzerland. e dominant religion is Christianity, and the greatest religious minority are Muslims. Both the parliament and the government, as the highest political instances in Switzerland, are obliged to dene the objectives of protection of cultural minorities. e system of direct democracy makes the integration of cultural and national minorities in Switzerland dicult. Current instruments of integration are insucient – Swiss society should realize that the future is a time of integration on the supranational level.

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