Protecting the Environment Against State Policy in Austria: From women's participation in protest to new voices in parliament

At that time "development" was regarded as economic growth, with litde attention to any damage to the environment. Austrian politics were characterized by the so-called "social partnership" between the two sides of industry, that is employers and employees, and the coalition of the two major political parties. Political development was dominated by the cooperation of the leading, mosdy male, political functionaries.