Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European project: namely, that what urgently needs to be done is also extremely unpopular and therefore virtually impossible to do democratically. What must be done - and almost everyone agrees in principle on the measures that would be needed to deal with the financial crisis - cannot be sold to the voting p...

Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Claus Offe’s essays to appear in a single volume in English. The political writings in this volume are primarily concerned with the origins of the present difficulties of welfare capitalist states, and he indicates why in the present period, these states are no longer capable of fully managing the socio-political problems and conflicts generated by late capitalist societies. Offe discusses...

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 Tocqueville, Max Weber and Theodor W. Adorno – in their comparative writings on Europe.While traveling, studying and working in the US, all ...

Der Zusammenbruch des Sowjetimperiums ließ das herrschende Narrativ des 20. Jahrhunderts, insbesondere das Bild des Zweiten Weltkriegs und der Nachkriegszeit, über Nacht überholt erscheinen. 1991 traf sich in Wien am Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen eine Gruppe von Historikern aus dem Westen und aus Osteuropa, um über eine europäische Geschichtsschreibung nach dem Ende der Teilung Europas nachzudenken. Daraus erwuchs das Forschungsprojekt Rethinking Post-War Europe, das von 199...

"Eigentlich sollte es selbstverständlich sein, das ganze Gewicht von Nazi- und Sowjetterror anzuerkennen.", schreibt Timothy Snyder in Transit 28. Dass wir nach wie vor noch weit davon entfernt sind, zeigen ein Essay Snyders, der das vorliegende Heft eröffnet, sowie die anschließenden Beiträge. Bis heute identifizieren wir das Grauen jener Zeiten mit Auschwitz und dem Gulag und übersehen daher, dass es Osteuropa war, das in dem Zeitraum zwischen 1933 und 1944 den Schauplatz für die nationa...

Während sich in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten im Rest der Welt mehr Menschen als je zuvor an demokratischen Wahlen beteiligten, hat in vielen europäischen Ländern die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung den Glauben daran verloren, mit ihrer Stimme etwas bewirken zu können. Hier sinkt die Wahlbeteiligung seit langem, vor allem bei den Unterschichten - eine Entwicklung, die den Zusammenhalt der Gesellschaft gefährdet. Die Beiträge in diesem Heft beschäftigen sich mit der gegenwärtigen Malaise der Demokr...

With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political future.The first half of the volume addresses “Identity Politics” and “Big Government” and their respective places in the shaping of the United States political environment since the...

Back in 1972, German political sociologist Claus Offe published a book on the Structural Problems of Late Capitalism which, for almost two decades, inspired and stimulated an international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of the state in contemporary capitalism. An academic debate which, paradoxically, began to wane as the issues about which Offe had been writing became even more prominent: the "Contradictions of the Welfare State" (the title of a collection of Offe’s main...

Design and implement professional level programs by exploring modern data structures and algorithms in Rust.Key FeaturesUse data structures such as arrays, stacks, trees, lists and graphs with real-world examplesLearn the functional and reactive implementations of the traditional data structuresExplore illustrations to present data structures and algorithms, as well as their analysis, in a clear, visual mannerBook Description...

Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets i...

Kris Kringle always thought his worst sin was giving too many second chances. Then Marie Winters, the college almost he never forgot, shows up at the North Pole demanding a personal review of her spot on the Naughty list. One stolen kiss turns into a night of forbidden touch, twinkling lights, and the kind of reckless choice Santa was never supposed to make.Now, with Christmas Eve on the line and Mrs. Claus listening on the other side of the wall, Kris has to decide what to do with...

To say that Davina, Elena's roommate and childhood friend, is overprotective is an understatement. Davina has been angry at her for two weeks now, all because Elena snuck out to a party to see her crush, Avery. Bored and trapped in their shared apartment alone, Elena can finally let loose and release her pent-up frustration.To Elena's surprise, when Davina walks in on her pleasuring herself, she doesn't mind. Matter of fact, she enjoys it more than expected. Lucky for Elena, Davina...