Table of Contents

Part 1 The genesis of the Second Republic: the origins of the Second Republic - a retrospective view, Erika Weinzierl; the Renner state government and Austrian sovereignty, Robert Knight; Austrian identity in a schizophrenic age - Hilde Spiel and the literary politics of exile and reintegration, Edward Timms; superpower perceptions of Austrian neutrality post-1955, Oliver Rathkolb. Part 2 Society and politics: the development of Austrian national identity, Ernst Bruckmuller; Austrian political culture - from subject to participant orientation, Anton Pelinka; from accommodation to competition - the "normalization" of the Second Republic's party system? Kurt Richard Luther. Part 3 External relations: Austrian foreign policy from the State Treaty to European Union membership (1955-1995), Helmut Kramer; Austria and its immediate neighbours - Hungary, Lazlo J. Kiss; Austria's new neighbours - the Slovenian perspective, walter Lukan; Austria still between east and west? Hanspeter Neuhold. Part 4 Between collectivism and liberalism - the political evolution of Austria since 1945, Peter Pulzer.