01202pab a2200157 454500 180718b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Derlien Hans-Ulrich German unification and bureaucratic transformation 14(4), Oct 93, p.319-34 "This paper elaborates the role of bureaucracy in the process of German unification since 1990, first by analyzing the interplay between politics and ministerial bureaucracy in negotiating the unification treaty including its civil service related part with the German Democratic Republic; second, by describing the implementation of administration policy (comprising personnel and organization policies), the elite import and transfer of administrative structures from the west are emphasized as essential elements in transforming the East German polity. Structural conservatism rather than innovation can be observed as a result. With respect to the broader topic of regime change, elites, and burreaucracy, it is ar German Unification -- Germany Civil Service and Legislators -- Germany Bureaucracy -- Germany International Political Science Review 25615 25615 25615 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 AR25687 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR