Acknowledgements
My thanks once more go to the Swiss and British colleagues who provided advice, sounding boards and support.
Notes
1. On the last election see West European Politics, 27:3 (2004), 518–34. For other recent contributions to this series of elections in context, see Arter (2007) in Finland, Aylott and Bolin (Citation2007) on Sweden, van Holsteyn (Citation2007) on the Netherlands, O'Malley (Citation2007) on Ireland, and Sauger (Citation2007) on France.
2. Figures come from the GfS Wahlbarometers, at http://www.polittrends.ch/wahlen/wahlbarometer07.php