STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF LIBERAL IDEOLOGY IN THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
The article is devoted to the problems of adoption of liberal ideology in Austria, and then in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in the 60s - 70s of the XIX century. The urgency of studying this issue stems from the fact that during this period the Liberal Constitutional Party is becoming a major part of the political life of the Habsburg monarchy. Landmarks in the establishment of liberal ideology show that the Austrian liberalism included a diverse social and ethnic groups and factions. The main role in the formation of liberalism belonged to the Austrian Germanspeaking element.