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In the 1970s thinkers like Jürgen Habermas, Claus Offe, and James O’Connor raised questions about the legitimacy of social order, especially about the ability of the capitalist state to reconcile the promotion of economic growth and social welfare.
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This text was first published by: Ino Rossi: “Reflexive Modernization”, in: Ritzer, George (Ed.): The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, Volume IV (Malden, MA—Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2012): 1755–1760. Permission was granted by Prof. Ino Rossi and on 16 September 2013 by Ms. Verity Butler for Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Wiley, UK.
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Rossi, I. (2014). Reflexive Modernization. In: Beck, U. (eds) Ulrich Beck. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04990-8_5
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