Culture and political crisis in Vienna : Christian socialism in power, 1897-1918

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Culture and political crisis in Vienna : Christian socialism in power, 1897-1918

John W. Boyer

University of Chicago Press, 1995

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 645-681

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780226069609

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In this sequel to "Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna", John Boyer picks up the history of the Christian Social movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power in Vienna in 1897 and traces its evolution from a group of disparate ward politicians, through its maturation into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907, to its major role in Imperial politics during World War I. Boyer argues that understanding the unprecedented success that this dissident bourgeois political group had in transforming the basic tenets of political life is crucial to understanding the history of the Central European state and the ways in which it was slowly undermined by popular electoral politics. He suggests that the movement's efforts to save the Austrian Empire by trying to create an economically integrated but ethnically pluralistic state are particularly enlightening in the shadow of ethnic violence in Sarajevo, where the end of the Austrian Empire began in 1914. This work is intended for anyone interested in Hapsburg history, German history or the history of social democracy.

Table of Contents

Preface 1: The Christian Social Consolidation of Power, 1897-1905 2: Universal Suffrage and the Founding of the Reichspartei, 1905-1907 3: The Reichspartei and the Era of Ministerialism, 1907-1911 4: Religion and Nation in Viennese Politics, 1907-1914 5: The Collapse and Reconstruction of the Christian Social Party, 1911-1914 6: The Party, the Church, and the Thronfolger, 1911-1914 7: The Christian Social Party in the First World War 8: Conclusion: Christian Socialism under the Empire Notes Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780226069616

Description

In this sequel to "Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna", John Boyer continues the history of the Christian Social Movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power in Vienna in 1897. He traces its evolution from a group of disparate ward politicians, through its maturation into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907, to its major role in Imperial politics during the World War I. Boyer argues that understanding the unprecedented success that this dissident bourgeois political group had in transforming the basic tenets of political life is crucial to understanding the history of the Central European state and the ways in which it was slowly undermined by popular electoral politics. The movement's efforts to save the Austrian Empire by trying to create an economically-integrated but ethnically-pluralistic state are particularly enlightening today in the shadow of ethnic violence in Sarajevo, where the end of the Austrian Empire began in 1914.

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