State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany

1. Front Matter

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2. State Organisation in France and Germany between Territorially and Functionality

   • Hellmut Wollmann, Geert Bouckaert

   Pages 11-37

3. Modernizing Sub-National Government in France: Institutional Creativity and Systemic Stability

   • Jean-Claude Thoenig

   Pages 39-58

4. Sub-National Government and Regional Governance in Germany

   • Arthur Benz, Anna Meincke

   Pages 59-74

5. The Evolution of Public Personnel Systems in France: Structure and Reforms

   • Pierre Sadran

   Pages 75-87

6. Civil Service in Germany: Between Cutback Management and Modernization

   • Sabine Kuhlmann, Manfred Röber

   Pages 89-109

7. French Territorial Administration and Changes in Public Management

   • Gérald Orange

   Pages 111-124

8. Local Government — A Strategic Resource in German Public Management Reform

   • Gerhard Banner

   Pages 125-144

9. French Public Finances against Globalization: Resistance, Transformation, Reform

   • Bertrand Blancheton

   Pages 145-157

10. Public Finance as Drivers and Constraints for Public Sector Reform in Germany

    • Bernd Reissert

    Pages 159-172

11. Local Mirrors of State Modernisation: The Case of the Territorialisation of Employment Policy in France

    • Thierry Berthet, Philippe Cuntigh

    Pages 173-187

12. Public Sector Reforms and Local Governments in Germany: The Case of Local Social Policy

    • Frank Bönker, Hellmut Wollmann

    Pages 189-206

13. From Government to Governance at the Local Level — Some Considerations based on Data Surveys with Mayors and Chief Executive Officers

    • Hubert Heinelt, Éric Kerrouche, Björn Egner

    Pages 207-230

14. Reform and Modernization of Urban Government in France

    • Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot

    Pages 231-251

15. Modernizing German Local Government: Bringing the People Back in?

    • Angelika Vetter

    Pages 253-268

In dem Band werden Entwicklung und Stand der Staats- und Verwaltungsreform in Frankreich und Deutschland vergleichend behandelt. Nach einem vergleichenden Einleitungskapitel werden - in jeweils „parallelen“ Beiträgen - die Themenfelder: Staats- und Verwaltungstradition, Dezentralisierung, Verwaltungsreform, öffentliche Finanzen, öffentlicher Dienst/Personal, dezentral/lokale Sozialpolitik, kommunale Demokratie und lokale politisch-administrative Strukturen untersucht.

• Administration
• Institution
• Mayor
• Policy
• Public Sector
• Reform
• Region
• Verwaltung
• democracy
• employment policy
• local government
• organization
• public finance
• public management
• social policy

Professor Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
Hellmut Wollmann is professor (em.) at the Institute of Social Science, Humboldt University Berlin.

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