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1	Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies: Rebuilding the Ship at Sea more books like this by Jon Elster, Ulrich K Preuss, Claus Offe add to wishlist The authors of this book have developed a new and stimulating approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to democracy and a market economy. They integrate interdisciplinary theoretical work with elaborate empirical data on some of the most challenging events of the twentieth century. Three ... see all copies from $16.04! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
2	Varieties of Transition: The East European and East German Experience more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist Claus Offe has spent most of his career analyzing the inner workings (and nonworkings) of Western democracies. After the upheavals of the late 1980s, however, his attention was drawn increasingly to the East, and particularly to the transformations occurring in the former German Democratic Republic. The nine essays collected here, all ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $7.34! \| first editions
3	Contradictions of the Welfare State more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Offe's essays to appear in a single volume in English, and it contains a selection of his most important recent work on the breakdown of the post-war settlement. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $16.15! \| SVS
4	Philosophical Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment more books like this by Axel Honneth (Editor), Thomas McCarthy (Editor), Albrecht Wellmer (Editor) add to wishlist These 11 essays by philosophers and social theorists take up the philosophical aspects of Juergen Habermas's unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. They range in subject matter from classical problems to contemporary debates, covering historical perspectives, theoretical issues, and postenlightenment challenges. A ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $23.34! \| first editions
5	Cultural-Political Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment more books like this by Albrecht Wellmer (Editor), Claus Offe (Editor), Thomas McCarthy (Editor) add to wishlist These 13 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists continue a celebration and examination of Jurgen Habermas' unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. Focusing on the cultural and political aspects of Habermas' work, the essays take up critical theory and political practice, historical-philosophical reflections on ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.60!
6	Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber & Adorno in the United States more books like this by Claus Offe, Patrick Camillier (Translator) add to wishlist At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of 'the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientists in Europe, examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States. Claus Offe considers the perspectives adopted by three of Europe's greatest social scientists - Alexis de ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $15.98! \| SVS
7	Reflections on America: Tocoqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United States more books like this by Claus Offe, Patrick Camiller (Translator) add to wishlist At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of 'the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientists in Europe, examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States. Claus Offe considers the perspectives adopted by three of Europe's greatest social scientists - Alexis de ... see all copies from $47.31! new only from $47.31!
8	Contradictions of the Web more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $16.56! first editions
9	Geschichte und Zukunft der Arbeit. by Jürgen Kocka, Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $77.31! new only from $77.31!
10	Disorganized Capitalism: Contemporary Transfromation of Work and Politics more books like this by Claus Offe (Editor), John B Keane (Translator) add to wishlist Should the Western democracies, contrary to their prevailing self-image as "planned" and "managed," be seen as highly disorganized systems of social power and political authority? If so, what are the symptoms, consequences of, and possible remedies for these disorganizing tendencies? see all copies from $9.99! new only from $32.00!
11	Beyond Employment: Time, Work, and the Informal Economy more books like this by Claire Offe, Rolf G. Heinze, Claus Offe add to wishlist This book examines the debate surrounding the future of "waged work" and the growth of an informal economy. Through detailed research, Claus Offe and Rolf G. Heinze contend that the nature of waged work, or exchanging time for money, is being transformed. They argue that the experiences of recent decades and the persistent crisis of employment ... see all copies from $40.74!
12	Modernity and the State: East, West more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist This volume addresses the problem of how modern societies politically cohere and poses one of the most fundamental questions of contemporary political analysis: how can legitimate authority coexist with effective governing capacity? In addressing this question, Offe draws on a wide variety of material in both political theory and empirical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions
13	Cultural-Political Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment more books like this by Thomas McCarthy (Editor), Claus Offe (Editor), Albrecht Wellmer (Editor) add to wishlist These 13 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists continue a celebration and examination of Jurgen Habermas' unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. Focusing on the cultural and political aspects of Habermas' work, the essays take up critical theory and political practice, historical-philosophical reflections on ... see all copies from $52.29! new only from $52.29! \| first editions
14	Politische Theorien in der Ära der Transformation more books like this by Klaus von Beyme, Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $124.45!
15	Kontingenz und Krise : Institutionenpolitik in kapitalistischen und postsozialistischen Gesellschaften : Claus Offe zu seinem 60. Geburtstag by Claus Offe, K. Hinrichs, Herbert Kitschelt, Helmut Wiesenthal add to wishlist see all copies from $77.86!
16	Berufsbildungsreform by Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $34.40!
17	Industry and inequality : the achievement principle in work and social status more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
18	The Varieties of Transition: The East European and East Geman Experience more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist In recent years the countries of eastern Europe have been undergoing a process of rapid social and political transformation. This process has brought with it common problems experienced on different levels: economic crisis, growing social insecurity and injustice, ethnic conflicts and civil strife. In addition, post-communist societies have ... see all copies from $30.49! new only from $30.49!
19	Strukturprobleme des kapitalistischen Staates; Aufsätze zur politischen Soziologie. more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $18.99! new only from $47.81!
20	Die Teilhabegesellschaft by Gerd; Maschke Grözinger, Michael; Offe, Claus add to wishlist see all copies from $30.73! new only from $50.34!
21	Vertrauen. Die Grundlage Des Sozialen Zusammenhalts by Claus Offe Martin Hartmann add to wishlist see all copies from $43.35! new only from $71.19!
22	Disorganized Capitalism: Contemporary Transformations of Work and Politics more books like this by Claus Offe, John B. Keane (Translator) add to wishlist Should the Western democracies, contrary to their prevailing self-image as "planned" and "managed, " be seen as highly disorganized systems of social power and political authority? If so, what are the symptoms, consequences of, and possible remedies for these disorganizing tendencies? see all copies from $84.31!
23	Berufsbildungsreform : eine Fallstudie über Reformpolitik more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00!
24	Wohlfahrtsstaat und Massenloyalität more books like this by Wolf-Dieter Narr, Claus Offe add to wishlist see all copies from $25.88! first editions
25	Beyond Employment more books like this by Claus Offe add to wishlist This book examines the debate surrounding the future of "waged work" and the growth of an informal economy. After detailed research, Offe and Heinze argue that although "being employed" is held to be the normal psychological, social and economic state of affairs, the experiences of recent decades, and the persistent crisis of employment, have ... see all copies from $157.81!

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