Detailing the history of the Christian Socialist Movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power, this volume traces the evolution of the movement into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907 and its major role in Imperial politics during World War II.

Preface1: The Christian Social Consolidation of Power, 1897-19052: Universal Suffrage and the Founding of the Reichspartei, 1905-19073: The Reichspartei and the Era of Ministerialism, 1907-19114: Religion and Nation in Viennese Politics, 1907-19145: The Collapse and Reconstruction of the Christian Social Party, 1911-19146: The Party, the Church, and the Thronfolger, 1911-19147: The Christian Social Party in the First World War8: Conclusion: Christian Socialism under the EmpireNotesBibliographyIndex