[H-verkko] Helsinki, Claus Offe: Economic Citizenship Rights. The Unconditional Basic Income and Related Schemes of Distributional Justice

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Claus Offe: Economic Citizenship Rights. The Unconditional Basic
Income and Related Schemes of Distributional Justice
Helsinki 26.08.2008 klo 14:00

University of Helsinki, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40, lecture room 1 

Claus Offe is one of the world's leading political sociologists. A
prominent representative of the tradition of critical theory,
Professor Offe is the author of numerous ground-breaking essays and
books in social theory, political sociology and public policy. In
addition he has made substantive contributions to understanding the
relationship between democracy and capitalism. His recent works have
focused on economies and states in transition to democracy. He
currently teaches at the Hertie
School of Governance, Berlin.

Important publications include, among others, Contradictions of the
Welfare State (MIT Press 1984), Disorganised Capitalism (Polity Press
1985), Varieties of Transition: The East European and East German
Experience (The MIT Press 1996), Modernity and the State (Polity
Press 1996) and
Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United
States (Cambridge University Press 2005).

The lecture is open to the public, welcome!

Organiser:

The Nordic Centre of Excellence NordWel: The Nordic Welfare State –
Historical Foundations and Future Challenges,
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/nord-wel/

For more information please contact either Heidi Haggrén at
Heidi.Haggren at helsinki.fi or Olivia Packalén at
Olivia.Packalen at helsinki.fi, Department of Social Science History,
University of Helsinki

http://blogs.helsinki.fi/nord-wel/

Ilmoituksen lähetti:
 Heidi Haggrén <heidi.haggren at helsinki.fi> 
8.8.2008 17:04

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