9780262650472 - Modernity and the State: East, West (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) von Offe, Claus (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Gut. XII; 270 S.; 23 cm; kart. Gutes Ex.; Einband leicht berieben. - Englisch. - . Offe frames the book's twelve essays by suggesting that the key question for analyzing present-day Western democracies is, Who is in charge? He traces the recent problems of almost all political leaders to four factors: the end of the Cold War, borders that are becoming more porous, "postmodern" social and political trends that make it increasingly difficult to form long-standing coalitions, and the loss of clear-cut work categories of the sort that once made collective action feasible. The essays are divided into four parts. "Modernity and Self-Limitation" explores the contradictory relationship between modernity and liberty and the possibilities of renewing civil society so as to alleviate this contradiction. "State Theory: Continuities and Reorientation" applies the concepts and categories developed in the first part to recent policy debates over deregulation, market orthodoxy, and the most effective forms of democratic practice. "The Politics of Social Welfare," the heart of the book, explores the extent to which market outcomes must be accepted (in the name of efficiency) or corrected (in the name of justice and equity). . (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Part I Modernity and Self-Limitation -- The Utopia of the Zero Option: Modernity and Modernization as Normative Political Criteria Bindings, Shackles, Brakes: On Self-Limitation Strategies -- Part II State Theory: Continuities and Reorientation -- The Theory of the State in Search of its Subject Matter: -- Observations on Current Debates -- Social-Scientific Aspects of the Regulation-Deregulation -- Debate -- Constitutional Policy in Search of the "Will of the People" -- Part III The Politics of Social Welfare -- State Action and Structures of Collective Will Formation: -- Elements of the Social-Scientific Theory of the State -- Beyond the Labor Market: Reflections on a New Definition -- of "Domestic" Welfare Production -- With Rolf G. Heinze -- Democracy Against the Welfare State? -- (u.a.) ISBN 0262650479 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.