TY  - SER
AU  - Derlien Hans-Ulrich
TI  - German unification and bureaucratic transformation
KW  -  German Unification -- Germany
KW  -  Civil Service and Legislators -- Germany
KW  - Bureaucracy -- Germany
N2  - "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
BR  - AR25687
ER  -