AUSTRIA
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AUSTRIA (ebook)

ANTON PELINKA

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SOCIOLOGIA
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This book compares contemporary Austria with other political systems and with the Austrias that existed in the past. The dynamism of the changes taking place in Austria can be described and analyzed with this double focus of comparison.

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