Hans Werner Hess (Hong Kong) p.46-63
2005 Issue 3
Abstract
The paper argues for a more ‘information-rich’ approach to the Landeskunde of D-A-CH. It outlines the specific features of the unique socio-economic and political model of the 2nd Austrian Republic since 1945, on which ‘Austrian national identity’ is essentially based. It tries to show why this model entered a period of crisis in the 1990s – and how the Austrians are (so far successfully) coping with the necessary economic, social and political transformation processes. The study of Austria may provide clues to political, economic and social changes still to come in Germany and other EU member states.