Claus Offe

Claus Offe (born 1940; Berlin)

Dr. rer. pol., Dipl.-Soz., Professor of Political science
Policical Sociology and Socialpolitics

Retired professor of Political Science at the Humboldt University of Berlin

Fields of research

• political sociology
• social policy
• democratic theory
• transformation studies

Career movements

2005 - Retired in April.
1995-2005 Professor of Political Science at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
1989-1995 - Teacher at University of Bremen and served as visiting professor at various academic institutions in US, Netherlands, Canada, Austria, Sweden, Australia and Italy.
1973 - Habilitation from the University of Konstanz
1968 - Received doctorate from the University of Frankfurt
1965 - Graduated at Free University of Berlin

Recent publications

1998 - Cambridge UP, Constitutional Design in Post-Communist Societies. Rebuilding the Ship at Sea.
1996 - MIT Press, Varieties of Transition.
1996 - Modernity and The State. East and West.

Important topics

Below a list of important topics that where covered by Professor Offe.

- Dual Allocation Problem