Defiant populist
Subtitle: Jörg Haider and the politics of Austria
By: Lothar Höbelt.
Series: Central European studies
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Haider, Jörg; Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs; Fascism -- Austria; Conservatism -- Austria -- History; Austria -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Austria -- Ethnic relations
Description: "This book explains and analyzes the "Haider phenomenon" in an environment that juxtaposes an admirable record of nonviolence and social peace with residual anti-Semitism, socialist economics with enviable wealth, staunchly pro-Western values with equally ardent neutralism, and a relatively new Austrian identity with a long German past."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.