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The Prehistory of the Fourth Party Movement in Austria, 1947–1949

The Prehistory of the Fourth Party Movement in Austria, 1947–1949 My article examines the prehistory of the “Fourth Party” movement in Austria after World War II. Traditionally, Austrian politics was divided into three ideological Lager (literally “camps,” but with more than a whiff of the Boer term laager, too): strongly Catholic Christian Socials, Austro-Marxist Social Democrats, and “Deutschfreiheitliche.” The latter usually consisted of a motley collection of groups that were both Pan-German and anticlerical. They were sometimes grouped together under the formal heading “Drittes Lager” (Third Camp). The three parties licensed in 1945, however, were the Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP), the Socialists, and the Communists. Thus, any attempt to resurrect the traditions of the freiheitlich strand in Austrian politics after 1945 was labeled the “Fourth Party.” http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Austrian History Yearbook Cambridge University Press

The Prehistory of the Fourth Party Movement in Austria, 1947–1949

Austrian History Yearbook , Volume 31: 19 – Feb 10, 2009
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Cambridge University Press
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Copyright © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 2000
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0067-2378
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My article examines the prehistory of the “Fourth Party” movement in Austria after World War II. Traditionally, Austrian politics was divided into three ideological Lager (literally “camps,” but with more than a whiff of the Boer term laager, too): strongly Catholic Christian Socials, Austro-Marxist Social Democrats, and “Deutschfreiheitliche.” The latter usually consisted of a motley collection of groups that were both Pan-German and anticlerical. They were sometimes grouped together under the formal heading “Drittes Lager” (Third Camp). The three parties licensed in 1945, however, were the Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP), the Socialists, and the Communists. Thus, any attempt to resurrect the traditions of the freiheitlich strand in Austrian politics after 1945 was labeled the “Fourth Party.”

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Austrian History Yearbook – Cambridge University Press

Published: Feb 10, 2009

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