Der Vergleich zwischen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung im Süden der USA und der EU im regionalen Kontext wirft eine Vielzahl von spannenden Fragen auf. Wie viel Geld sollten Gemeinden und Länder in Form von Förderungen und Steuererleichterungen in die Hand nehmen, um ausländische Investoren in die...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2014)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

A recent jeremiad by Wolfgang Eder, the CEO of Austria’s largest company, Voestalpine, neatly addresses the problems inherent in regional economic development strategies and the attractiveness of the U. S. South for production facilities of European (and Asian) companies. Austria as a place to locat...

Globalization and the City

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Andreas Exenberger et al. (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Die Welt ist heute viel weniger ein globales Dorf als eine globale Stadt, eine „global city“. Dieses weltumspannende Netzwerk multidimensionaler urbaner Räume der Verdichtung steht dabei in einem wechselseitigen Verhältnis zu Globalisierung: es gestaltet sie zugleich, wie sie auch durch sie beständi...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

The University of New Orleans (UNO) and the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (LFUI) have been cultivating a transatlantic university partnership for some 35 years. This partnership has grown out of the six-week summer school program UNO has organized in Innsbruck since 1976. The two universi...

Austria's International Position after the End of the Cold War

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Günter Bischof et al. (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

In the past quarter century we have moved from the Cold War to the Post-Cold War era in Austria, Europe and the world at large. Yet relatively little assessment is available what the change from the Cold War to the Post-Cold War era signaled for Austria's position in the world. Austrian foreign poli...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

In the historical profession today diplomatic history and foreign relations are not considered sexy and fashionable topics. Many colleagues think this is a hidebound field. Young colleagues engage in cultural studies, the history of emotions, and continue to show great interest in social history and...

Introduction

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

During the Cold War Austria was the superpowers’ “darling” of sorts and saw itself playing a “special role” between East and West. As a Cold War neutral it played a crucial role as a mediator and “bridge builder” between East and West. Vienna was the site of important summit meetings (Kennedy-Khrush...

Margit Reiter and Helga Embacher. eds., europa und der 11, September 2011

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Günter Bischof (2013)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington were a fateful day on many counts — for those who perished and tried to save lives and for those who watched helplessly around the world. 9/11 unleashed a sea of change in American foreign...

Austrian Lives

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof et al. (2012)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Writing biographies (life stories) for a long time had been a male hegemonic project-writing the lives of great (white) men. Ever since Plutarch and Sueton composed their vitae of the greats of classical antiquity, to the medieval obsession with the hagiographies of holy men (and a few women) and sa...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2012)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Writing biographies (life stories) for a long time had been a male hegemonic project — writing the lives of great (white) men. Ever since Plutarch and Sueton composed their vitae of the greats of classical antiquity, to the medieval obsession with the hagiographies of holy men (and a few women) and...

Lives behind Barbed Wire

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof et al. (2012)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Introduction“Siberia” and the Rheinwiesenlager have become metaphors for the suffering of German and Austrian prisoners of war (POWs) in the World War II era. On the one hand the endless columns of exhausted, bent over, freezing figures, tracking through snow covered fields and plains, and close to...

Global Austria

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Günter Bischof et al. (2011)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Der Zerfall der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie hatte zur Folge, dass die einstige Großmacht der Habsburger zu einem Kleinstaat im Herzen Europa wurde. Der enorme Verlust an Territorium und die Verringerung der Bevölkerung hinterließ allerdings keineswegs ein politisches, wirtschaftliches, kult...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2011)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

The publication of the twentieth volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS) represents a minor triumph for the dedicated commitment of CenterAustria at the University of New Orleans (UNO) to the serious scholarly study of twentieth/twenty-first century Austria. We share this triumph with the Depa...

Introduction

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2011)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

In the late 1980s, I began to attend the annual meeting of the German Studies Association (GSA). The GSA has been bringing together scholars from the U. S. and around the world to present their new research on the German-speaking world (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) from the fields of history, lite...

From Empire to Republic

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Peter Berger et al. (2010)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Austria transformed itself from an empire to a small Central European country. Formerly an important player in international affairs, the new republic was quickly sidelined by the European concert of powers. The enormous losses of territory and...

Preface

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Günter Bischof (2010)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

The breakup of the Habsburg Dual Monarchy and the redrawing of the political map of East Central Europe constituted a major experiment in “destroying the old, and creating the new” (O. Hwaletz). Historians are more inclined to study the rise of empires than their demise and aftermath. The eighteen e...

The Schüssel Era in Austria

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Günter Bischof et al. (2010)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

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 cons...

Introduction

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Fritz Plasser et al. (2010)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

The seven years of Wolfgang Schüssel’s chancellorship (2000-2007) represent a departure from traditional policies and governmental style in Austria. They are also characterized by passing a reform agenda that will have lasting impact. As a consequence of his governing style, Schüssel was prepared to...

Reinventing Tradition and the Politics of History: Schüssel’s Restitution and Commemoration Policies

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Günter Bischof et al. (2010)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

“Human beings’ ability to rewrite the past to suit the present—and especially to recast our individual complicity with a shameful past—is testament to the creativity and ingenuity of the species. It is a phenomenon whenever one official orthodoxy gives way to another.”IntroductionDuring his six year...

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Bibliographies

Stéphanie Gonçalves (2018)

Bibliographies

Ouvrages et articles sur la Russie et l’URSS Armonstrong John A., « The Soviet Attitude Towards Unesco », International Organization, vol. 8, n° 2, mai 1954, p. 217- 233. Blaive Muriel, Une déstalinisation manquée : Tchécoslovaquie, 1956, Paris, Complexe, 2005. Blauvelt Timothy K., « Patronage and B...

Bischof Günter et Ambrose Stephen E. (dir.), Eisenhower : Centenary Assessment

Autres

Serge Ricard (1997)

Autres

Ricard Serge. Bischof Günter et Ambrose Stephen E. (dir.), Eisenhower : Centenary Assessment. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°53, janvier-mars 1997. p. 175.