Austria: Out Of The Shadow Of The Past (NATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD : EUROPE) - Hardcover

Pelinka, Anton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813329183 ISBN 13: 9780813329185

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

This book describes and analyzes the many faces of Austria, past and present. Anton Pelinka comes to terms with the myriad perceptions of Austria: the legacy of the Austria of the Habsburgs, which dominated Central Europe until World War I; the Austria of Hitler, from which sprouted Nazism; post-1945 Austria, much less spectacular than earlier eras, but more predictable; and the Austria of today, struggling with its role within Europe as a small country on the eastern fringe of Europes sphere of prosperity. }This book describes and analyzes the many faces of Austria, past and present. Anton Pelinka comes to terms with the myriad perceptions of Austria: the legacy of the Austria of the Habsburgs, which dominated Central Europe until World War I; the Austria of Hitler, from which sprouted Nazism; post-1945 Austria, much less spectacular than earlier eras, but more predictable; and the Austria of today, struggling with its role within Europe as a small country on the eastern fringe of Europes sphere of prosperity. Focusing his investigation on the Austria that has emerged from World War II, Pelinka underscores the social, economic, cultural, and political developments behind the period of transition that followed. The book emphasizes the general decline of the traits considered as typically Austrian, from Austrian Catholicism and social partnership to permanent neutrality and Austrian social democracy. As the millennium approaches, Austria resembles the other small democracies of Western Europe much more closely than its own regal past. }

About this title

About the Author:

Anton Pelinka is professor of political science at Innsbruck University and director of the Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0813329183
• ISBN 13: 9780813329185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272