Le grand patronat suisse et l'Europe (1957-1954) Le rôle du Vorort face aux organisations patronales européennes
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serval:BIB_885D857562C1
Type
PhD thesis: a PhD thesis.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Le grand patronat suisse et l'Europe (1957-1954) Le rôle du Vorort face aux organisations patronales européennes
Director(s)
SCHAUFELBUEHL Janick Marina
Institution details
Université de Lausanne, Faculté des hautes études commerciales
Publication state
Accepted
Issued date
2023
Language
french
Abstract
Cette thèse de doctorat se propose d'apporter un nouvel éclairage sur les relations entre la Suisse et l'Europe en se focalisant sur les rapports entre le grand patronat suisse et ses organisations sœurs sur le continent. Loin des récits mythologiques qui font de la Suisse un petit pays alpin impuissant face aux grandes puissances et s'accrochant coûte que coûte à sa neutralité, cette étude démontre que les organisations patronales helvétiques et les autorités fédérales ont joué un rôle proactif dans le concert des nations européennes. Leur politique conjointe s'est constamment attachée à maximiser les profits, la puissance économique ainsi que les capacités d'expansion des secteurs industriels de pointe sur les marchés étrangers. La réalisation de ces objectifs a impliqué de combattre l'intégration proposée par la Communauté économique européenne, car ce projet imposait de renoncer à la souveraineté commerciale. Elle a également été conditionnée au maintien du bloc bourgeois domestique, c'est-à-dire au rôle de direction politique et économique de la principale organisation patronale, l'Union suisse du commerce et de l'industrie, envers des acteurs moins bien dotés en ressources, tels que la paysannerie ou l'artisanat. Les succès helvétiques en matière de politique européenne doivent également être attribués à la perpétuation de l'alliance de longue date avec les milieux dirigeants ouest allemands, qui constituent l'une des forces motrices de l'intégration européenne. Ainsi, cette étude, qui repose avant tout sur les approches économiques, se propose de jeter une nouvelle lumière sur la politique européenne de la Suisse, axée sur les dynamiques capitalistes pour la période 1957-1984.
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The aim of this doctoral thesis is to shed new light on the relations between Switzerland and Europe, focusing on interactions between Swiss business associations and their sister organisations on the continent. Far from the mythological accounts of Switzerland as a small Alpine country powerless against the great powers and defending its neutrality at all costs, this study shows that Swiss business associations and the federal authorities played a proactive role in the concert of European nations. Their joint policy consistently focused on maximizing profits, economic strength and the ability of leading industrial sectors to expand into foreign markets. Achieving these objectives meant fighting against the integration proposed by the European Economic Community, as this project required giving up commercial sovereignty. It also depended on maintaining the domestic bourgeois bloc, i.e. the political and economic leadership role of the main employers' organization, the Swiss Union of Trade and Industry, oward 1 • s well-resourced players such as farmers and small businesses. Switzerland's success in European politics can also be attributed to the perpetuation of its long-standing alliance with the West German ruling circles, one of the driving forces behind European integration.
Consequently, this study, which is based primarily on economic approaches, intends to bring a new perspective on Switzerland's European policy, focusing on capitalist dynamics for the period 1957-1984.
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The aim of this doctoral thesis is to shed new light on the relations between Switzerland and Europe, focusing on interactions between Swiss business associations and their sister organisations on the continent. Far from the mythological accounts of Switzerland as a small Alpine country powerless against the great powers and defending its neutrality at all costs, this study shows that Swiss business associations and the federal authorities played a proactive role in the concert of European nations. Their joint policy consistently focused on maximizing profits, economic strength and the ability of leading industrial sectors to expand into foreign markets. Achieving these objectives meant fighting against the integration proposed by the European Economic Community, as this project required giving up commercial sovereignty. It also depended on maintaining the domestic bourgeois bloc, i.e. the political and economic leadership role of the main employers' organization, the Swiss Union of Trade and Industry, oward 1 • s well-resourced players such as farmers and small businesses. Switzerland's success in European politics can also be attributed to the perpetuation of its long-standing alliance with the West German ruling circles, one of the driving forces behind European integration.
Consequently, this study, which is based primarily on economic approaches, intends to bring a new perspective on Switzerland's European policy, focusing on capitalist dynamics for the period 1957-1984.
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