Varieties of Transition (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought): The East European & East German Experience - Softcover

Offe, Claus

 
9780262650489: Varieties of Transition (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought): The East European & East German Experience

Synopsis

The nine essays in this volume explore such topics as the characteristics and shortcomings of state socialist societies and of democratic capitalism, the role of ethnic politics in East European transitions, issues of retribution and restitution in the transition to a democratic society based on a private economy, and the effects the collapse of Communism have had on Western democracies and on the Left in particular.

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Claus Offe has researched and lectured widely throughout Europe and North America and is Professor in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld.

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