Wolfgang Streeck
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Wolfgang Streeck is a German economic sociologist known for his influential work on capitalism, labor relations, and institutional change in advanced democracies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolfgang Streeck canonical | 2 |
| Streeck | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfgang Streeck Context triple: [Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, hasDirector, Wolfgang Streeck]
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A.
Rainer Forst
Rainer Forst is a German political philosopher known for his work on theories of justice, tolerance, and critical theory, particularly within the Frankfurt School tradition.
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B.
Jürgen Büscher
Jürgen Büscher is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1993 German war film "Stalingrad."
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C.
Thorsten Kornblum
Thorsten Kornblum is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Braunschweig.
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D.
Gerhard Rose
Gerhard Rose was a German physician and high-ranking Nazi medical officer who was tried as a defendant at the Doctors' Trial for his involvement in unethical human experimentation during World War II.
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E.
Armin B. Cremers
Armin B. Cremers is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, robotics, and information systems, and for mentoring influential researchers in these fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfgang Streeck Target entity description: Wolfgang Streeck is a German economic sociologist known for his influential work on capitalism, labor relations, and institutional change in advanced democracies.
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A.
Rainer Forst
Rainer Forst is a German political philosopher known for his work on theories of justice, tolerance, and critical theory, particularly within the Frankfurt School tradition.
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B.
Jürgen Büscher
Jürgen Büscher is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1993 German war film "Stalingrad."
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C.
Thorsten Kornblum
Thorsten Kornblum is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Braunschweig.
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D.
Gerhard Rose
Gerhard Rose was a German physician and high-ranking Nazi medical officer who was tried as a defendant at the Doctors' Trial for his involvement in unethical human experimentation during World War II.
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E.
Armin B. Cremers
Armin B. Cremers is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, robotics, and information systems, and for mentoring influential researchers in these fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic sociologist
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person ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
political science
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sociology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-10-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Goethe University Frankfurt ⓘ |
| employer | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies ⓘ |
| familyName |
Streeck
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linked to:
Wolfgang Streeck
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| fieldOfWork |
European integration
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comparative capitalism ⓘ economic sociology ⓘ institutional theory ⓘ labor relations ⓘ political economy ⓘ welfare state research ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolfgang ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
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Gekaufte Zeit: Die vertagte Krise des demokratischen Kapitalismus ⓘ How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System ⓘ Re-Forming Capitalism: Institutional Change in the German Political Economy ⓘ The Politics of Public Debt: Neoliberalism, Capitalist Development, and the Restructuring of the State ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of advanced capitalist democracies
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critique of neoliberalism ⓘ critique of the European Monetary Union ⓘ research on capitalism and its crises ⓘ theory of institutional change ⓘ work on labor relations and trade unions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| name | Wolfgang Streeck ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
analysis of the tension between capitalism and democracy
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concept of delayed crisis of democratic capitalism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lengerich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
European Union governance
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corporatism ⓘ democratic capitalism ⓘ industrial relations ⓘ varieties of capitalism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cologne, Germany
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linked to:
Cologne
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linked to: Wolfgang Streeck