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Women in Austria
Av Gunter Bischof, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
562 kr
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The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies. They were expected to accept their "proper place" in a male patriarchal world. Achieving equality in all spheres of life was a long struggle that is still not completed in …
Vranitzky Era in Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
798 kr
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Franz Vranitzky, the banker turned politician, was chancellor during the ten years (1986-96) when the world dramatically changed in the aftermath of the cold war. Among postwar chancellors, only Bruno Kreisky held office longer. The Austrian Social Democratic Party has been in power since 1970. …
Marshall Plan in Austria
Vol 8
Av Anton Pelinka, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
879 kr
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Perhaps no country benefitted more from the Marshall Plan for assistance in reconstruction of Europe after World War II than Austria. On a per capita basis, each American taxpayer invested $80 per person in the Plan; each Austrian received $133 from the European recovery program, more than any …
Neutrality in Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Ruth Wodak m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
825 kr
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After Stalin's death, during a respite in Cold War tensions in 1955, Austria managed to rid itself of a quadripartite occupation regime and become a neutral state. As the Cold War continued, Austria's policy of neutrality helped make this small country into an important mediator of East-West …
Americanization/Westernization of Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Anton Pelinka
Häftad, 2003
825 kr
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Political, economic, social, and cultural modernization dramatically transformed twentieth-century Austria. Innovative new methods of production and management, such as the assembly line, changed Austrian business after World War I, much as the Marshall Plan shaped the economy after World War II. …
Austria in the European Union
Häftad, 2002
579 kr
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Austria joined the European Union in 1995, with the overwhelming support of its citizenry. In June 1994, a record 66.6 percent of the Austrian population voted in favor of joining the Union, and Austria acceded on January 1, 1995. Only three years later, in the second half of 1998, Austria assumed …
Dollfuss/Schuschnigg Era in Austria
A Reassessment
Av Anton Pelinka, Anton Pelinka
Häftad, 2003
879 kr
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The years of Chancellors Dollfuss and Schuschnigg's authoritarian governments (1933/34-1938) have been denounced as "Austrofascism" from the left, or defended as a Christian corporate state ("Stondestaat") from the right. During this period, Austria was in a desperate struggle to maintain its …
Austria in the European Union
Inbunden, 2017
1522 kr
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Austria joined the European Union in 1995, with the overwhelming support of its citizenry. In June 1994, a record 66.6 percent of the Austrian population voted in favor of joining the Union, and Austria acceded on January 1, 1995. Only three years later, in the second half of 1998, Austria assumed …
Austria in the Nineteen Fifties
Inbunden, 2020
2198 kr
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In American history the 1950s are remembered as an affluent and harmonious decade. Not so in Austria. That nation emerged out of World War II with tremendous war-related destruction and with a four-power occupation that would last for ten years until 1955. Massive American economic aid enabled the …
Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context
Inbunden, 2018
1522 kr
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In 2005, Austria celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi regime and the fiftieth anniversary of the State Treaty that ended the occupation and returned full sovereignty to the country. This volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies covers foreign policy in the twentieth …
Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity
Inbunden, 2018
2588 kr
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When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new identity based on being a "victim" of Nazi …
Austro-corporatism
Past, Present, Future
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
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Corporatism was unpopular in the Europe of the past decade. During a time of neo-conservative resurgence in both the United States and the United Kingdom, macroeconomic steering and statist centralism and regulation were in disfavor. However, Austria's unique Sozialpartnerschaft, its famed system …
Neutrality in Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Ruth Wodak m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
After Stalin's death, during a respite in Cold War tensions in 1955, Austria managed to rid itself of a quadripartite occupation regime and become a neutral state. As the Cold War continued, Austria's policy of neutrality helped make this small country into an important mediator of East-West …
New Perspectives on Austrians and World War II
Inbunden, 2017
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For more than a generation after World War II, offi cial government doctrine and many Austrians insisted they had been victims of Nazi aggression in 1938 and, therefore, bore no responsibility for German war crimes. During the past twenty years this myth has been revised to include a more complex …
Sexuality in Austria
Volume 15
Inbunden, 2017
2513 kr
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Scholars have increasingly been investigating human sexu- ality as an important field of social history in particular national cultures. This volume examines both continuities and changing patterns of sexual behavior in Austria. Sexuality in Austria reflects the broad variety of such recent …
Americanization/Westernization of Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Anton Pelinka
Inbunden, 2017
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Political, economic, social, and cultural modernization dramatically transformed twentieth-century Austria. Innovative new methods of production and management, such as the assembly line, changed Austrian business after World War I, much as the Marshall Plan shaped the economy after World War II. …
Changing Austrian Voter
Av Cesare Pavese, Fritz Plasser
Inbunden, 2017
1522 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Compared to the late 1970s, when the Austrian voting behavior was characterized by extraordinary stability, low electoral volatility, and high turnout rates, the 1980s and 1990s stand for exceptional changes and ruptures elicited primarily by the rise of the right wing populist FPi (Freedom Party …
Dollfuss/Schuschnigg Era in Austria
A Reassessment
Av Anton Pelinka, Anton Pelinka
Inbunden, 2017
2828 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The years of Chancellors Dollfuss and Schuschnigg's authoritarian governments (1933/34-1938) have been denounced as "Austrofascism" from the left, or defended as a Christian corporate state ("Stondestaat") from the right. During this period, Austria was in a desperate struggle to maintain its …
Marshall Plan in Austria
Vol 8
Av Anton Pelinka, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Perhaps no country benefitted more from the Marshall Plan for assistance in reconstruction of Europe after World War II than Austria. On a per capita basis, each American taxpayer invested $80 per person in the Plan; each Austrian received $133 from the European recovery program, more than any …
Vranitzky Era in Austria
Av Anton Pelinka, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Franz Vranitzky, the banker turned politician, was chancellor during the ten years (1986-96) when the world dramatically changed in the aftermath of the cold war. Among postwar chancellors, only Bruno Kreisky held office longer. The Austrian Social Democratic Party has been in power since 1970. …
Women in Austria
Av Gunter Bischof, Gunter Bischof m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1522 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies. They were expected to accept their "proper place" in a male patriarchal world. Achieving equality in all spheres of life was a long struggle that is still not completed in …
Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context
Häftad, 2005
561 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In 2005, Austria celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi regime and the fiftieth anniversary of the State Treaty that ended the occupation and returned full sovereignty to the country. This volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies covers foreign policy in the twentieth …
Sexuality in Austria
Volume 15
Häftad, 2006
729 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Scholars have increasingly been investigating human sexu- ality as an important field of social history in particular national cultures. This volume examines both continuities and changing patterns of sexual behavior in Austria. Sexuality in Austria reflects the broad variety of such recent …
Changing Austrian Voter
Av Cesare Pavese, Fritz Plasser
Häftad, 2008
561 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Compared to the late 1970s, when the Austrian voting behavior was characterized by extraordinary stability, low electoral volatility, and high turnout rates, the 1980s and 1990s stand for exceptional changes and ruptures elicited primarily by the rise of the right wing populist FPi (Freedom Party …
New Perspectives on Austrians and World War II
Häftad, 2009
772 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For more than a generation after World War II, offi cial government doctrine and many Austrians insisted they had been victims of Nazi aggression in 1938 and, therefore, bore no responsibility for German war crimes. During the past twenty years this myth has been revised to include a more complex …
Austria in the New Europe
Häftad, 1992
808 kr
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First published in 1993, Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS) is an academic publication appealing to a broad intellectual audience and fostering a multiplicity of views and perspectives. CAS's typical format features a number of essays on a special topic such as the impact of post-Cold War …
Austria in the Nineteen Fifties
Häftad, 1995
772 kr
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Contributors discuss demographic, economic, and cultural trends in Austria in the post-war era, and issues involved in the study of contemporary history. Topical and nontopical essays and book reviews address foreign relations, Austrian industry, youth culture, and the Marshall Plan. Six of the 17 e
Austro-corporatism
Past, Present, Future
Häftad, 1995
757 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Corporatism was unpopular in the Europe of the past decade. During a time of neo-conservative resurgence in both the United States and the United Kingdom, macroeconomic steering and statist centralism and regulation were in disfavor. However, Austria's unique Sozialpartnerschaft, its famed system …
Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity
Häftad, 1996
817 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new identity based on being a "victim" of Nazi …
