... but largely ignores the intercity connections and competitions that contribute to these local civic dynamics in a global capitalist system. Critical urban studies, in contrast, recognizes the influences of global capitalism and local city boosterism on city development but overlooks the paradoxical roles...

...Claus Offe; Helmut K. Anheier In this interview, Claus Offe and Helmut Anheier examine the state of Eastern Europe 30 years after the fall of communism, explore the relationship between capitalism and democracy, and discuss what the social sciences mean today. They talk about the stresses...

... was transformed into welfare state capitalism? Are there alternative economic systems that can address the myriad of concerns over inequality, the environment, and globalization, to name a few issues, which have been expressed in different ways over the past few decades? For instance, in the nineteenth...

... the dilemmas of democratic capitalism. The article then uses this framework to critique the one-sided nature of European law as well as recent calls for a “social Europe.” The article criticizes these efforts, arguing that the fate of social Europe is bound to the economic and political dynamics unleashed...