The Paradoxical Republic : : Austria 1945–2020 / / Oliver Rathkolb.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Rathkolb, Oliver,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; 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 Fourteen Chancellors, and One Woman --; Chapter 5 Austria’s Media as a Political Test Lab: 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 --; Name Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789207453; 9783110997675
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789207453
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Oliver Rathkolb.

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.