Bücher der Reihe Contemporary Austrian Studies

How Western are the Austrians? This is an analysis of trends toward Americanization and Westernization in Austria throughout the 20th century. The essays seek to demonstrate that "Americanization", "Westernization" and "globalization" need to be defined before generalizations can be made.

Investigates the permanent changes of Austrian voting behavior over the past forty years and analyzes causes and consequences for party competition and the electoral process in Austria during the first decade of the 21st century. This work analyzes electoral strategies and the rise and fall of Austrian right wing populism from 1986 to 2006.

The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies

The years of Chancellors Dollfuss and Schuschnigg's authoritarian governments (1933/34-1938) have been denounced as "Austrofascism" from the left, or defended as a Christian corporate state ("Stondestaat") from the right