Born 1938, Study of Economics and Sociology at the University of Munich, Germany. Doctoral Thesis... more

Born 1938, Study of Economics and Sociology at the University of Munich, Germany. Doctoral Thesis 1968 on "Social Production and Economic Rationality - External Effects and Central Planning in the Socialist Economic System" (published by Europäische Verlagsanstalt Frankfurt/Wien 1969). From 1970 until 2004 Professor at the Free University Berlin, department of Political Science. Visiting-professor at the Universidade Federal do Pará in Belém, Brasil; at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (Unidades Xochimilco and Azcapotzalco) in Mexico City, at York University, Toronto, Canada, at the UNESP of Sao Paulo, Brasil, and at the Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico. Since autumn 2004 retired. Main publications cover the fields of state theory, (International) Political Economy with a special emphasis on development theory, globalization of trade, financial markets, and global (environmental) governance. Vice-President of the Lelio Basso International Foundation for the Right of Peoples in Rome, member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC Germany. less