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Author:   Oliver Rathkolb ,  Otmar Binder
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781789207446

ISBN 10:   1789207444
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

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

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Praise for the first edition: A tour de force combining historical insight, political analysis, personal opinion, skillful prose, and visual metaphor to map a pathway through Austria's recent past. The Journal of Modern History The author's analysis is balanced and frequently insightful, and his concluding chapter looking at future trends is particularly interesting. Choice A fine and powerful book with many new insights...fills a major gap in the literature and deserves to be read widely. European History Quarterly

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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.

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