Kritička teorija države Clausa Offea. Teorijsko nasljeđe Frankfurtske škole i politička teorija državno organiziranog kapitalizma
Claus Offe's Critical Theory of the State. The Theoretical Legacy of the Frankfurt School and the Political Theory of State Organized Capitalism

Summary/Abstract: The author explores the connection between the political theory of Claus Offe and the theoretical paradigm of the traditional Frankfurt school from the perspective of scientific sociology and methodology. In spite of numerous differences it can be shown that Offe is linked with the tradition of the Frankfurt school and can be considered as one of the representatives of the "third generation" of the critical theory in Germany. The author analyzes the main tenets of Offe's political theory which is a reinterpretation of Marx's theory of crisis Connecting Marx's insights with the results of contemporary structuralism, system theory, and the theory of rational choice Offe shows that the crisis tendencies of contemporary capitalist society lake the form of welfare state crises. The author gives a detailed account of Offe's analysis of the administrative and Iegitimative aspects of the crisis of the welfare state as well as of his estimate of new social movements and of neocorporativism that arise in response to this crisis. Offe's normative ideas are oriented towards a gradual improvement of political institutions and the suppression of market mechanisms as towards preconditions for bringing a democratic society into being.

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