The Paradoxical Republic

Austria 1945-2020
2. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-78920-746-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

From its emergence out of the ashes of World War II through to the economic and political challenges of today, Austria has embodied many of the contradictions of recent European history. Written by one of the nation’s leading historians, this account of postwar Austria explores the tensions that have defined it for over seven decades, whether in its overlapping policies of engagement and isolationism, its grandiose visions and persistent sense of inferiority, or its position as a model social democracy that has suffered recurrent bouts of xenophobic nationalism. This newly revised edition also addresses the major developments since 2005, including a resurgent far right, economic instability, and the potential fracturing of the European Union.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rathkolb, Oliver

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Chapter 1. Austrian Identity: Between National Pride, Solipsism and European Patriotism

Chapter 2. Peculiarities of Austrian Democracy

Chapter 3. ‘Austria Can Beat Everything, If It Only Wants To’: Myth and Reality of Austrian Economic Policy since 1945

Chapter 4. Ten Chancellors, and Not One a Woman

Chapter 5. The Newspaper Tycoons of the Second Republic

Chapter 6. Neutrality and the State Treaty in a New Europe

Chapter 7. ‘Alles Walzer.’: The Politics of Art and Culture as the Early Second Republic’s Elixir of Life

Chapter 8. The Austrian Model of the Welfare State and Intergenerational and Intergender Contracts since 1945

Chapter 9. The Shadow of the Past

Chapter 10. Austria’s Political Future: Some Trends

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rathkolb, Oliver
Oliver Rathkolb is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. He was Schumpeter Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and is member of the Academic Committee for the House of European History in Brussels.

Oliver Rathkolb is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. He was Schumpeter Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and is member of the Academic Committee for the House of European History in Brussels.