OFFE, Claus (1940-), Sociologist. Born in Berlin, Offe studied sociology, economics and philosophy in Koln and at the Freie Universitat, Berlin. He held a Harkness Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley and at Harvard University during 1969-71. He has held teaching posts in Frankfurt, Konstanz, Vienna, Bielefield, Boston and Berkeley. Offe wrote Industry and Inequality (1976), Contradictions of the Welfare State (1984), Disorganized Capitalism (1985).
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