Vienna Cannot Be like Chicago. Neoliberalism and Wolfgang Schüssel’s Rule in Austria in 2000-2006 Cover Image

Wiedeń nie może być jak Chicago. Neoliberalizm i rządy Wolfganga Schussela w Austrii w latach 2000–2006
Vienna Cannot Be like Chicago. Neoliberalism and Wolfgang Schüssel’s Rule in Austria in 2000-2006

Author(s): Piotr Andrzejewski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Austria; neo-liberalism; welfare state; Wolfgang Schüssel

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the impact of liberal ideas on Austrian politics. Particular attention is devoted to the conservative-liberal coalition lead by Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, who ruled in 2000-2006. The author presents the sources of the Austrian Chancellor’s ideological inspirations and confronts the ideas declared by him and his coalition with reality. Schüssel’s rule is described from a broader perspective in order to answer the question of whether the time of the neoliberal “breakthrough” was indeed a breakthrough, and how much of that has been left in Austrian politics?

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 171-193
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish