Koseki, Shin Alexandre2017-01-242017-01-242017-01-242016https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/133252Cultural diversity and political stability are historical trademarks of Switzerland. This paradox makes of the country a success story of modern democracies. On many social and political questions, cultural frontiers between linguistic groups have been known to divide the nation. A recent study conducted at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne suggests that these frontiers are disappearing. Switzerland is over with the “Röstigraben”.political geographyswitzerlandreticular territorial analysisRTAspatial planninggeographyurbanismvotesdemocracydirect democracyconstitutionpolarizationpoliticstext::journal::journal article::research article