MICHAEL BUTLER is Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Birmingham. His books include The Novels of Max Frisch, Rejection and Emancipation, Writing in German-Speaking Switzerland 1945-1991 and he is editor of The Narrative Fiction of Heinrich Bvll, Social Conscience and Literary Achievement. - MALCOLM PENDER is Professor of German Studies at the University of Strathclyde. His books include Max Frisch: His Work and its Swiss Background, and he is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies - JOY CHARNLEY is Lecturer in French at the University of Strathclyde. Her recent publications include Pierre Bayle: Reader of Travel Literature and (as editor) 25 Years Emancipation? Women in Switzerland 1971-1996. She is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies.

• Preface Notes on the Contributors PART ONE The 1848 Conflicts and Their Significance in Swiss Historiography; T.Maissen Contemporary Reactions to '1848' by Writers and Intellectuals; R.Charbon How to Create a National Myth: Switzerland Reflected in its Contemporary Writing; U.Bugmann PART TWO Reforming the Swiss Federal Constitution: An International Lawyer's Perspective; T.Cottier Swiss Politics Today; W.Linder Finding a New Role in International Conflict Resolution: Switzerland after the End of the Cold War; A.Williams The Swiss Economy: Facing the Future; D.Furgler Redefining Swiss Relations with Europe; C.Church Index

MICHAEL BUTLER is Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Birmingham. His books include The Novels of Max Frisch, Rejection and Emancipation, Writing in German-Speaking Switzerland 1945-1991 and he is editor of The Narrative Fiction of Heinrich Bvll, Social Conscience and Literary Achievement. - MALCOLM PENDER is Professor of German Studies at the University of Strathclyde. His books include Max Frisch: His Work and its Swiss Background, and he is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies - JOY CHARNLEY is Lecturer in French at the University of Strathclyde. Her recent publications include Pierre Bayle: Reader of Travel Literature and (as editor) 25 Years Emancipation? Women in Switzerland 1971-1996. She is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies.

• Preface Notes on the Contributors PART ONE The 1848 Conflicts and Their Significance in Swiss Historiography; T.Maissen Contemporary Reactions to '1848' by Writers and Intellectuals; R.Charbon How to Create a National Myth: Switzerland Reflected in its Contemporary Writing; U.Bugmann PART TWO Reforming the Swiss Federal Constitution: An International Lawyer's Perspective; T.Cottier Swiss Politics Today; W.Linder Finding a New Role in International Conflict Resolution: Switzerland after the End of the Cold War; A.Williams The Swiss Economy: Facing the Future; D.Furgler Redefining Swiss Relations with Europe; C.Church Index

MICHAEL BUTLER is Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Birmingham. His books include The Novels of Max Frisch, Rejection and Emancipation, Writing in German-Speaking Switzerland 1945-1991 and he is editor of The Narrative Fiction of Heinrich Bvll, Social Conscience and Literary Achievement. - MALCOLM PENDER is Professor of German Studies at the University of Strathclyde. His books include Max Frisch: His Work and its Swiss Background, and he is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies - JOY CHARNLEY is Lecturer in French at the University of Strathclyde. Her recent publications include Pierre Bayle: Reader of Travel Literature and (as editor) 25 Years Emancipation? Women in Switzerland 1971-1996. She is co-editor of a new series, Occasional Papers in Swiss Studies.

• Preface Notes on the Contributors PART ONE The 1848 Conflicts and Their Significance in Swiss Historiography; T.Maissen Contemporary Reactions to '1848' by Writers and Intellectuals; R.Charbon How to Create a National Myth: Switzerland Reflected in its Contemporary Writing; U.Bugmann PART TWO Reforming the Swiss Federal Constitution: An International Lawyer's Perspective; T.Cottier Swiss Politics Today; W.Linder Finding a New Role in International Conflict Resolution: Switzerland after the End of the Cold War; A.Williams The Swiss Economy: Facing the Future; D.Furgler Redefining Swiss Relations with Europe; C.Church Index