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Claus Offe
was born in Berlin 1940. Professor of sociology at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin.
Eurozine Articles
Redefining Security
The West lost an enemy on 9-11-1989 and found a new one on 11-9-2001. But what kind of definition of this new conflict is going to win out in the end? And will it become clear that its successes depend not primarily on the uses of military means but on the civilising influence on all contexts for the emergence of hatred? [more]
12.02.2002
The Democratic Welfare State
A European Regime Under the Strain of European Integration
In the absence of a democratic regime in Europe as well as a European Welfare State - to say nothing about a "European culture" - it is hard to find any foundation of a European identity, argues Claus Offe. [more]
08.02.2002