LEADER 05319nam 22007455 450 001 9910879585303321 005 20250808083435.0 010 $a9783031644795 010 $a3031644794 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-64479-5 035 $a(CKB)33992494100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31603641 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31603641 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-64479-5 035 $a(OCoLC)1453095291 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933992494100041 100 $a20240814d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiberalism after the Habsburg Monarchy, 1918?1935 $eNational Liberal Heirs in the Czech Lands, Austria, and Slovenia /$fby Oskar Mulej 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (384 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Political History,$x2946-5184 311 08$a9783031644788 311 08$a3031644786 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What Kind of Liberalism is this Book After? -- Chapter 3: From National Liberals towards their Heirs: Developmental Patterns in Central European Liberal Party Traditions, 1867-1918 -- Chapter 4: Semantics of Liberalism: What did it Mean to be 'Liberal' in Interwar Czech, Austrian and Slovene Contexts? -- Chapter 5: 'National Liberal Heirs' as Region-Specific Type of Political Party -- Chapter 6: 'National Liberals' Devoid of Liberalism? Nationalist Conceptions and Rhetoric: Continuities and Change -- Chapter 7: Limited Government vs. the 'New Order' -- Chapter 8: A Glimpse Beyond Party Politics. 330 $a?In an age of increasing illiberalism in Europe today, this persuasive study of liberal politics and parties in the interwar years is a welcome addition to our understanding of that slippery, yet critical political concept: liberalism.? ?Pieter M. Judson, European University Institute ?Oskar Mulej?s path-breaking book traces various attempts to salvage at least some liberal values and institutions in a non-liberal age and region: interwar Central Europe.? ?Maciej Janowski, Polish Academy of Sciences This book explores what it meant to be ?liberal? in interwar Czech, Austrian, and Slovenian politics. Up until 1918, these countries shared the common political framework of Cisleithania (the Austrian part of the Habsburg Monarchy). Within this framework was the predominantly pejorative function of the label ?liberal,? and as a result after 1918, no major political party employed it to describe its own political orientation. Despite making considerable efforts to dissociate themselves from liberalism, many parties continued to be referred to as ?liberal? by the contemporary public. This association with liberalism, the book argues, was primarily due to the parties? historical background rather than any ideological commitment to liberalism, and for that reason, the author refers to them as ?national liberal heirs.? Examining the (dis)continuities of liberal party traditions, the book presents three representative cases of national liberal heirs: the Czechoslovak National Democracy; the Greater German People's Party; and the Slovenian sections of the Yugoslav Democratic Party, the Independent Democratic Party, and the Yugoslav National Party. Forming a distinctive part of early twentieth-century party landscapes in Central Europe, the national liberal heirs had inherited organisational structures, parts of electorate, as well as rootedness in specific cultural and social milieus from their liberal predecessors. Following the political trajectories of the national liberal heirs, the author seeks to answer in which spheres, in which manners, and to what extent liberalism survived or even continued to develop in the interwar Czech lands, Austria, and Slovenia. Oskar Mulej is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Vienna in Austria. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Political History,$x2946-5184 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aEurope, Central$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aIntellectual life$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aEuropean History 606 $aHistory of Germany and Central Europe 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aIntellectual History 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 606 $aPolitical Science 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 0$aEurope, Central$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aIntellectual life$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aEuropean History. 615 24$aHistory of Germany and Central Europe. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aIntellectual History. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 676 $a320.510943 700 $aMulej$b Oskar$01765136 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910879585303321 996 $aLiberalism after the Habsburg Monarchy, 1918?1935$94430716 997 $aUNINA