Suchergebnisse

For a long time Austria's political system erected after WWII -- the Second Republic -- looked like the perfect embodiment of first highly unlikely but in the end successful democratization. From a current perspective was it a real success story & can it today serve as a model for other states aiming at democratic consolidation? Austria was a success story (though with some dark sides & 'Lebenslugen') but this was due to nonreproducible beneficial external conditions & Austria's geopolitical position. It can definitely not serve as a model case under different & unprecedented conditions. Moreover, some of its earlier advantages & the inability to come to terms with it in a changed political environment are haunting Austria today. Besides problems like globalization, it is upon those flaws that a rightist populist political force like the FPO can mobilize mass support & win elections. Adapted from the source document.

"Der Konflikt im Kosovo, ein Resultat nationalistischer Politik und Mobilisierung im Namen der 'serbischen Frage', hat die erste wie die (vielleicht) letzte Phase des jugoslawischen Staatszerfalls dominiert. Nach Beendigung der NATO-Luftschläge und der Entsendung einer internationalen Friedenstruppe entsteht nun nach Bosnien auch im Kosovo ein internationales Protektorat, zu dessen Hauptaufgaben der Schutz und Wiederaufbau der Nachkriegsgesellschaft zählen." (Autorenreferat)