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| Preface: Debunking the Haider Myth | ||
| Foreword | ||
| 1 | Austria: Odd Man Out or Island of the Blessed? (1945-1986) | 1 |
| The "East End" of the West | 1 | |
| The Freedom Party and Bruno Kreisky | 8 | |
| The Dog That Did Not Bark: Austria's Muted Response to Neoconservatism | 15 | |
| The Godfathers' Coalition | 20 | |
| 2 | A Young Man on the Move (1950-1986) | 25 |
| The Makings of a Populist Conservative | 25 | |
| Moving to the Deep South: Carinthia | 32 | |
| The Lawful Revolution: The Innsbruck Congress | 42 | |
| 9 1/2 Weeks: The First Half-Million | 47 | |
| 3 | The Halcyon Days: Leader of the Opposition and Governor of Carinthia (1987-1990) | 53 |
| Mock's Bad Luck: The Great Coalition Again | 53 | |
| Haider's Good Fortune: Tangentopoli, Austrian-Style | 57 | |
| The Night of the Blue Scarves | 64 | |
| 4 | The Years in the Wilderness, Part I: Robin Hood and the Blue-Collar Vote (1991-1993) | 71 |
| "Proper Employment Policies": Haider's Fall from Grace | 71 | |
| The Third Siege of Vienna: The Timing of the Immigration Issue | 78 | |
| "Austria First": The Myth and Reality of Polarization | 86 | |
| 5 | The Years in the Wilderness, Part II: Exiled from Europe? (1994-1996) | 95 |
| Prodigal Daughter: Schmidt's Secession | 95 | |
| The U-Turn on EU | 98 | |
| Breaking the Mold: The 1994 Election | 105 | |
| Realignment: The New Workers' Party? | 111 | |
| 6 | The Nazi Question Mark: The "Linguistic Turn" and the "Shadows of the Past" | 117 |
| A Post-Nazi Party? | 117 | |
| Vergangenheitsbewaltigung: The Elusive Consensus | 121 | |
| The Wehrmacht: Heritage or Heresy? | 129 | |
| A War of Words - Or about Words? | 134 | |
| 7 | The First American-Style Austrian Politician: Populism versus "Smoke-Filled Rooms" | 143 |
| Party Elders versus Boys' Brigade | 143 | |
| Populism versus Machine Politics | 151 | |
| Rewriting the Future: The Third Republic | 159 | |
| 8 | Balance or Breakthrough? (1997-1999) | 165 |
| The Return of the Prodigal Son | 165 | |
| "Had Enough?" The Elections of 1999 | 173 | |
| Business as Usual or Breakthrough? | 180 | |
| 9 | Dal Ghetto al Palazzo (2000-2002) | 187 |
| A Blessing in Disguise: Fourteen plus One | 187 | |
| A Last Case of Early Retirement or Reculer pour mieux sauter? | 195 | |
| Thatcherism with a Social Conscience? Blood, Sweat, and Polls | 201 | |
| 10 | Conclusion: The Alpine Redoubt of European Conservatism | 211 |
| An Enigma without a Riddle | 211 | |
| Who Is Right on the European Right? | 221 | |
| Postscript, September 2002 | 227 | |
| Appendix | 231 | |
| Notes | 233 | |
| Bibliography | 265 | |
| Index | 277 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Arthur Black
reviewed Defiant Populist: Jorg Haider and the Politics of Austria on August 04, 2011
Defiant Populist
Interesting read. Not very heavy. Mr. Jirka writes about his first trip from the States to see an aunt and visit his father's birth country. Afraid I did not learn anything new from reading this book. I can recommend it only to people who know nothing about the Czech Republic.
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