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Title Austrian Federalism in comparative perspective / Günter Bischof, Ferdinand Karlhofer (Eds.)
Published New Orleans, LA : Uno Press ; Innsbruck : Innsbruck University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Contemporary Austrian Studies ; v. 24
Contemporary Austrian studies ; v. 24.
Contents Introduction – Austrian federalism : history, properties, change / Ferdinand Karlhofer – Topical essays – From Habsburg to communism to democracy : reflections on (non-)federalism in Central Europe / Anton Pelinka – Austria’s cooperative federalism / Peter Bußjäger – A redundant second chamber? The Austrian Bundesrat in comparative perspective / Franz Fallend – Reforming Austrian fiscal federalism : options, obstacles, and pitfalls / Margit Schratzenstaller – Federalism and administrative reform / Heinrich Neisser – Europeanization of Austrian federalism : the case of Länder rights in EU affairs / Annegret Eppler and Fritz Staudigl – Territorial cooperation in a federal framework : Austria’s involvement in European groupings of territorial cooperation / Alice Engl – Confederalizing via European integration : South Tyrol from Habsburg to the present / Günther Pallaver – Non-topical essays – Books and libraries as witnesses of the Second World War and the Holocaust in monuments : Vienna and Berlin / Moran Pearl – Austrian victims and Austria as victim in the “short” 1940s : visual representations of the Nazi past 1945-1957 / Ina Markova – Forum : World War I literature and memory – New literature on Austria-Hungary and the First World War / Samuel R. Williamson Jr. – 1914-2014 : Austria’s commemoration of World War I / Martin Eichtinger – Book reviews – Annual review of Austrian politics
Summary "With its ambiguous mix of weak federalist and strong centralist elements, the Austrian constitutional architecture has been subject to conflicting interpretations and claims from its very beginning. The written 1920 constitution has been paralleled by informal rules and forces making up for the imbalance of power between national and subnational authorities. Understanding these inherent weaknesses, virtually all political actors involved are well aware that reforming the allocation of rights and duties between the different levels in the federal state is urgently needed. In recent years, several initiatives of recalibrating the system of power-sharing between the different levels of government have been initiated. So far progress has been modest, yet the reform process is still underway. The contributions to this volume shine a light on history, presence, and future aspects of the Austrian federal system from historical, juridical, economic, and political science perspective. The volume is also the first book in English ever devoted to the Austrian version of federalism."
Notes British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk
Subject History.
Regional & national history.
Political science & theory.
Political ideologies.
Political structures: democracy.
Politics and government
SUBJECT Austria -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009741
Austria -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009691
Subject Austria
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bischof, Günter, 1953- editor.
Karlhofer, Ferdinand, 1956- editor.
ISBN 9781608011438
1608011437
3903122173
9783903122178