Publication

While the surge of radical right parties in western European countries is assumed to yield a restrictive impact on immigrant integration policies, little is known on how exactly such an influence might occur. The situation appears particularly complex at Switzerland's sub-national, canton level. Apart from party influence, exclusionary direct democratic decisions and the broader cultural-linguistic regional background are considered potentially influential factors when it comes to the formulation of cantonal integration policies. The present article aims at disentangling this complexity by assessing the individual impact of the aforementioned factors.