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First Published in 1992. This is a collection of eight articles looking at consociationalism in the Austrian political system. Areas covered are the decline of the 'Lager Mentality', parties and the party system, governmental institutions, changing priorities in Austrian economic policy, Austria in the European arena and the success of consociationalism.
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This major new handbook provides the definitive and comprehensive analysis of the UN and will be an essential point of reference for all those working on or in the organization.
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 geopolitical developments and European integration on Austria in this issue (volume II will feature “A First Assessment of the Kreisky Era;” volume III will deal with “Austria in the 1950s”). Usually one or two “non-topical” essays will complete the main part.
Kultur und Kunst überwinden Grenzen, öffnen Türen und verbinden Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft, Religion und Weltanschauung. Die Auslandskultur ist daher ein essentielles Instrument österreichischer Außenpolitik, dem unschätzbare Wichtigkeit zukommt. Als »Land der Musik« und Kulturnation leistet sich Österreich ein Netzwerk von 30 Kulturforen in 28 verschiedenen Ländern, die mit der Umsetzung der außenpolitischen Darstellung Österreichs »als innovativ-kreatives Land« betraut sind. Ebenso fördern die Historischen Institute als wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen Forschung und Austausch zwischen Österreich und dem Gastland in zahlreichen Disziplinen. Eine zentrale Rolle im Z...
Built on up-to-date field material, this edited volume suggests an anthropological approach to the palimpsest-like milieus of Wrocław, Lviv, Chernivtsi, and Chişinău. In these East-Central European borderline cities, the legacies of Nazism, Marxism-Leninism, and violent ethno-nationalism have been revisited in recent decades in search of profound moral reckoning and in response to the challenges posed by the (post-)transitional period. Present shapes and contents of these urban settings derive from combinations of fragmented material environments, cultural continuities and political ruptures, present-day heritage industries and collective memories about the contentious past, expressive ar...