ABSTRACT
The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies. They were expected to accept their "proper place" in a male patriarchal world. Achieving equality in all spheres of life was a long struggle that is still not completed in spite of many advances. The chapters in Women in Austria attest to the growing interest and vibrancy in the area of women's studies in Austria and present a cross-section of new research in this field to an international audience. The volume includes with book reviews on Austrian business history, the Waldheim memoirs, Jews in postwar Austria, and political scandals in twentieth-century Austria. Women in Austria covers a plethora of significant social issues and will be essential to the work of women's studies scholars, sociologists, historians, and Austrian area specialists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |119 pages
Topical Essays
part |54 pages
Forum Austria and the Ghost of the New Europe
part |47 pages
Historiography Roundtable Placing John Buyer’s Work in Austrian Historiography
part |41 pages
Review Essays
part |38 pages
Book Reviews
part |7 pages
Annual Review