The Vranitzky Era in Austria

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Franz Vranitzky, the banker turned politician, was chancellor during the ten years (1986-96) when the world dramatically changed in the aftermath of the cold war. Among postwar chancellors, only Bruno Kreisky held office longer. The Austrian Social Democratic Party has been in power since 1970. Such longevity is unique in postwar European politics. The dominance of Social Democracy in particular... Read more

Franz Vranitzky, the banker turned politician, was chancellor during the ten years (1986-96) when the world dramatically changed in the aftermath of the cold war. Among postwar chancellors, only Bruno Kreisky held office longer. The Austrian Social Democratic Party has been in power since 1970. Such longevity is unique in postwar European politics. The dominance of Social Democracy in particular is noteworthy when compared to the general decline of traditional leftist politics in Europe. The chapters in this volume try to assess Vranitzky's central role in recent Austrian and European history.

Richard Luther presents the general European political context in which Vranitzky operated. Eva Nowotny, Vranitzky's former principal foreign policy adviser and Austria's current ambassador to the United Kingdom, analyzes his struggle over joining the European Union as well as Austria's security dilemmas following the cold war. Fritz Plasser looks at the changing electoral behavior of Austrians and the ascendancy of new parties. Irene Etzerdorfer concentrates on the long hegemony of Austrian Social Democratic leadership by comparing Vranitzky's and Kreisky's leadership styles. Other contributors include Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann, Brigitte Unger, Peter Rosner, Alexander van der Bellen, and George Winkler.

A forum on postwar Austrian memory of World War II from a comparative perspective, which continues the theme of previous volumes in this series, is also included. Jonathan Petropoulos demonstrates how Swiss middlemen were in the center of dealing with stolen Nazi art during and after the war, while Olive Rathkolb describes the shameful legacy of the Austrian government's procrastination in resolving the issue of Jewish "heirless art." Peter Utgaard shows how in Austria's postwar high school textbooks the American bombing of Hiroshima often figured more prominently than the Holocaust. Review essays and book reviews complete the volume. The Vranitzky Era in Austria is a compelling work for political scientists, historians, and Austria studies scholars.

Gnter Bischof is associate director of Center Austria and associate professor of history at the University of New Orleans, and former visiting professor at the University of Salzburg.

Anton Pelinka is director of the Austrian Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna, professor of political science at the University of Innsbruck, and former visiting professor at Stanford University.

Ferdinand Karlhofer is associate professor of political science at the University of Innsbruck and former visiting professor at the University of New Orleans. Read less

Topical Essays; 1: The Vranitzky Era (1986-1997); 2: Austria’s Social Democracy During the “Vranitzky Era”: The Politics of Asymmetrical Change; 3: Trends and Ruptures: Stability and Change in Austrian Voting Behavior 1986-1996; 4: From the Sphinx with—to the Sphinx without a Puzzle; 5: The Politics of Ausgrenzung , the Nazi-Past and the European Dimension of the New Radical Right in Austria; 6: Social Partnership: Anything Left?; 7: Economic and Social Policy of the Vranitzky Era; Nontopical Essay; 8: “Waltzing into the Cold War” US Army Intelligence Operations in Postwar Austria, 1944-1948; Forum; 9: The Long Shadow of World War II: The Politics of Historical Memory and Art Restitution; 10: Austrian Reaction to the Exhibition “War of Extermination. Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941 to 1944”; 11: Remembering and Forgetting the Holocaust in Austrian Schools, 1955-1996 1; From the ‘Legacy of Shame’ to New Debates over Nazi Looted Art *; Business as Usual: Switzerland, the Commerce in Artworks during and after World War II, and National Identity; Review Essays; Friedrich Heer’s Place in the Debate on Austrian Identity; From Tutelage to Joint Ventures: Recent Literature on the Allied Occupation of Austria 1945-1955; Reviews; David G. Herrmann, The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996) and David Stevenson, Armaments and the Coming of War. Europe 1904-1914 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996); Jonathan Petropoulos, Art as Politics in the Third Reich (Chapel Hill & London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1996); Thomas Albrich, Klaus Eisterer, Michael Gehler, and Rolf Steininger, eds., Österreich in den Fünfzigern (Innsbruck-Vienna: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, 1995). and Wolfgang Kos and Georg Rigele, Inventur 45/55 (Vienna: Sonderzahl Verlagsgesellschaft, 1996).; Annual Review; Survey of Austrian Politics Austria 1997

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