By Franz Cede, Christian Prosl
November 30, 2016
Ambition and Reality provides a succinct and compelling account of Austria's foreign policy interests and diplomatic practices from 1945 to today. It analyses the extent and influence of Austria's foreign policy practices, shedding light on an important piece of European history. Topics covered ...
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By Gabriele Abels, Annegret Eppler
February 10, 2016
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the role of subnational parliaments in the EU policymaking system. The contributions analyze the dynamic resulting from the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, which was meant to strengthen the role of parliaments at all levels of the EU system and, ...
By Christina Johansson
September 01, 2015
Historically, an important role of museums has been to contribute to national homogenization. The book specifically engages with how the Swedish museum sector addresses new demands from a society that is profoundly characterized by migration and cultural diversity. Besides the museums' ...
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By Gunter Bischof, Jason Dawsey, Bernhard Fetz
September 01, 2015
This volume recovers and reintroduces the work of Gunther Anders (1902-1992), "the most neglected German philosopher of the twentieth century," according to Jean-Pierre Dupuy. In his main philosophical work, Die Antiquiert-heit des Menschen (1956), Anders developed what he called a "philosophy of ...
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By Benjamin Grilj
June 30, 2015
This book explores the Holocaust in Romania between 1941 and 1944, during which 410,000 mostly Jewish people were captured in camps and later killed. Before they died, many of them sent letters to friends and acquaintances asking for help. The letters were retained and never delivered. These ...
By Gunter Bischof
April 20, 2015
After the breakup of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian-American relationship was one of a dwarf confronting a giant. America continued to offer a better life for many Austrian emigrants, while for America the small Austrian Republic was insignificant. However, there were times when Austria ...
By Stefan August Lutgenau
February 10, 2014
Fiscal federalism and fiscal decentralization are the main pillars of federal and decentralized systems. Although there are comparable problems, competences and designs of these systems vary significantly. Furthermore, the systems are faced with pressure to justify and to reform due to the ...
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By Stefanie Mayer, Mikael Spang
July 02, 2013
Stefanie Mayer and Mikael SpAng take a close look at debates regarding (labor) immigration in Austria and Sweden by comparing discussions during the 1960s and 1970s with contemporary political discourse. The editors combine their research on institutional developments with elements of critical ...
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By Gunther Pallaver, Claudius Wagemann
February 28, 2013
Some political scientists argue that cleavages, especially the class cleavage, no longer represent a significant point of political conflict. This book takes issue with this claim, demonstrating that other cleavages structure party competition. This is nowhere more evident than in the European ...
By Berndt Ostendorf
February 28, 2013
Ralph Ellison once wrote that the rules of performance in American culture are jazz-shaped. This book explores the Afro-Creole core culture of New Orleans as the mainspring of this energizing music. Much of the cultural capital of the city is buried in a complex, tripartite racial history, which ...
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By Thomas Froeschl, Ulrike Kozeluh, Christian Schaller
February 07, 2013
This anthology illustrates political changes as a result of neoliberal economic and social policies as well as their impact on democracy at the national and European level. Five central issues constitute the framework for a general analytic approach, a detailed description of the country reports ...
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By Anita Moser, Franz Wassermann
February 07, 2013
NARBEN/SCARS, an art project on sexual abuse was initiated to fight the forbidden act of sexual-violence against children and teenagers. This two-language volume (English/German) puts together scientific essays by top experts as well as the documentation of an art project for the first time. The ...