The Politics of Appointment : The Czech Minister and the Transformation of Habsburg Administration (Austrian and Habsburg Studies)

Klečacký, Martin

Berghahn Books（2026/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 324 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781836955306

Full Description

A unique study on the relationship between state administration and politics, examining how the office of the Czech Landsmannminister became the primary vehicle for the politicization of the Habsburg state. Through case studies in Vienna, Prague, and České Budějovice, it chronicles the Young Czech Party's systematic campaign to gain control of selected key positions within the administration of the multinational monarchy. The narrative details how ministers used personnel policy to embed loyalists within the bureaucracy, consistently bypassing merit in favor of national and political allegiance to successfully "Czechize" the formally supranational administration.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note on Translation and Terminology

Introduction

Chapter 1. Landsmannminister: The Office and Its Holders

Chapter 2. Prague: At the Helm of the Crownland

Chapter 3. Vienna: At the Helm of the Empire

Chapter 4. České Budějovice/Budweis: At the Helm of the Region

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Index