The Nation State between Capitalism and Democracy: A symposium honoring Wolfgang Streeck

Wolfgang Streeck’s 75th birthday was marked by the symposium entitled “The Nation State between Capitalism and Democracy” on November 4, 2021, with contributions by long-standing companions from the fields of research and politics. Together with Wolfgang Streeck and following his work, with special focus on Streeck’s new book Zwischen Globalismus und Demokratie, Hans Joas (HU Berlin), Philip Manow (University of Bremen), Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (Emeritus, University of Cologne, and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods), Lutz Wingert (ETH Zurich), and Sahra Wagenknecht (MdB) reflected on the expansion of state systems and the nation state. Due to the coronavirus protective measures, the symposium was a closed internal event.