Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations List of Acronyms Preface 1. Austria's Complex Image Basic Features Changing Identities 2. Political Culture Nation Building Through Consociationalism The Forces of Change and Transformation 3. The Constitutional Structure The Constitution The Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary States and Municipalities Conclusion 4. Political Parties, Elections, and Interest Groups Political Parties and Elections Interest Groups, Corporatism, and Media Conclusion 5. The End of the Subsocieties A Farewell to Catholicism A Farewell to Socialism Conclusion 6. The Economy: Success and Dependence 7. A Farewell to Corporatism 8. A Farewell to Neutrality 9. Austria's Darker Side Adolf Hitler, the Austrian Catholic The Roots Are Fertile Still Neo-Nazism and/or Right Populism? 10. Austria's Future The Westernization of a Central European Democracy Crises and Integration Old Cleavages, New Cleavages A Different Austria? Bibliography Index

About the Author

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