03756 am 22005293u 450 991014184570332120221206182058.01-60801-136-43-903122-43-21-60801-009-0(CKB)2670000000395148(OCoLC)1030815449(FrMaCLE)OB-iup-1497(PPN)197596568(EXLCZ)99267000000039514820180319h20102010 fy 0engurmn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Schüssel era in Austria /Günter Bischof, Fritz Plasser (eds.)Innsbruck, Austria :Innsbruck University Press ;New Orleans, Louisiana :University of New Orleans Press,[2010].©20101 online resource (377 pages) illustrationsOpen Access e-BooksKnowledge UnlatchedContemporary Austrian studies ;volume 183-902719-29-X Includes bibliographical references.Wolfgang Schüssel was a dominating actor in the Austrian political arena over a period of twenty years. He served as minister of economics (1989-1995), and vice chancellor and foreign minister (1995-2000) in ÖVP/SPÖ grand coalition governments. As chairman of the ÖVP (1995-2007), he brought his conservative party out of the political wilderness of opposition and playing junior partner in coalitions with the SPÖ. He dominated Austrian politics as chancellor (2000-2007) in a small coalition with Jörg Haider’s controversial aggressively nationalist FPÖ. Schüssel tried to domesticate the Freedomites by holding them on a tight leash in his coalition government. He needed the FPÖ to accomplish his neoliberal economic and social reform agenda, while at the same time the FPÖ undermined Schüssel’s EU policies. The essays in this volume argue that Schüssel’s political record and legacy are ambiguous. With a confrontational style of governance he unleashed big reforms such as trimming the hidebound pension system and giving more autonomy to higher education. In the process he undermined Austria’s consensual social partnership. His record of supporting the European Union agenda is ambivalent. Austrian public opinion in support of the EU declined precipitously. He was a superb tactician and negotiator yet failed to achieve broad popular acceptance for his ambitious reforms. His imprint on Austrian history is so significant that many of the authors of the essays in this volume call it “the Schüssel era.”Der von Günter Bischof und Fritz Plasser herausgegebene Band der Reihe Contemporary Austrian Studies beschäftigt sich mit Wolfgang Schüssel, der über 20 Jahre die österreichische Politik mitgestaltete. Schüssel galt einerseits als herausragender Taktierer und Verhandler, setzte andererseits umstrittene Reformen und manövrierte mit seiner Mitte-Rechts-Regierung Österreich ins politische Abseits. Wenngleich es ihm nicht gelungen ist, alle seine Vorhaben durchzusetzen, ist "die Schüssel Ära" in die Geschichte Österreichs eingegangen.Contemporary Austrian Studies ;volume 18.Prime ministersAustriaBiographyPoliticiansAustriaBiographyAustriaPolitics and government1945-Prime ministersPoliticians943.60523Bischof Günter1953-,Plasser Fritz1948-,UkMaJRUAuAdUSABOOK9910141845703321The Schüssel era in Austria2280860UNINA