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Claus Offe

German political sociologist

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born: 1940
died: 2025
age at death: 85
known for: politician, political scientist, sociologist

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Claus Offe was a German political sociologist associated with the Frankfurt School who taught at universities in Germany and the United States, with a focus on political economic analysis. He found new perspectives for a wide range of topics such as analysis of social crises, the welfare state, the transformation of Eastern Europe and European integration, unconditional basic income, civil society and the common good. Offe was a founding member of the Greens and of the Hertie School.

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