The book was written to be presented at the 2018 Conference of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) organized at the IDHEAP in Lausanne. One of the goals was to give our colleagues some ideas about the organization and the functioning of Swiss public administration. We hope it gives answers to questions which usually come up while considering another country and provides insights into an administrative system which is quite different and complex but rather successful. | Swiss Public Administration Making the State Work Successfully Edited by Andreas Ladner Nils Soguel Yves Emery Sophie Weerts Stéphane Nahrath Governance and Public Management Series Editors Robert Fouchet University Aix-Marseille France Juraj Nemec Masaryk University Czech Republic IIAS Series Governance and Public Management International Institute of Administrative Sciences IIAS Improving Administrative Sciences Worldwide Website http Governance and Public Management Series The Governance and Public Management series published in conjunction with the International Institute of Administrative Sciences IIAS brings the best research in public administration and management to a global audi- ence. Encouraging a diversity of approach and perspective the series reflects the Institute s conviction for a neutral and objective voice grounded in the exigency of fact. How is governance conducted now How could it be done better What defines the law of administration and the management of pub- lic affairs and can their implementation be enhanced Such questions lie behind the Institute s core value of accountability those who exercise authority must account for its use to those on whose behalf they act. Series edited by Robert Fouchet Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance Aix-Marseille University France and IIAS Director of Publications Directeur des Publications Juraj Nemec Professor Masaryk University Czech Republic and Membre Member IASIA Membre AIEIA Editorial Series Committee Masahiro Horie IIAS PRAC Chair President du PRAC Jean Michel Eymeri Douzans Member EGPA Membre GEAP Edgar Varela Barrios Member LAGPA Membre GLAP Zhiyong Lan Member AGPA Membre GAAP Andrew Massey IRAS Editor in Chief Redacteur en Chef RISA Sofiane Sahraoui IIAS Director General Directeur general de l IISA Fabienne Maron IIAS Scientific Administrator Conseiller scientifique de l IISA Previous Series Editor Taco Brandsen Professor Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen The
