Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot & Hellmut Wollmann 
State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany 
Divergence and Convergence

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.

Tabella dei contenuti

State Organisation in France and Germany between Territorially and Functionality.- Modernizing Sub-National Government in France: Institutional Creativity and Systemic Stability.- Sub-National Government and Regional Governance in Germany.- The Evolution of Public Personnel Systems in France: Structure and Reforms.- Civil Service in Germany: Between Cutback Management and Modernization.- French Territorial Administration and Changes in Public Management.- Local Government — A Strategic Resource in German Public Management Reform.- French Public Finances against Globalization: Resistance, Transformation, Reform.- Public Finance as Drivers and Constraints for Public Sector Reform in Germany.- Local Mirrors of State Modernisation: The Case of the Territorialisation of Employment Policy in France.- Public Sector Reforms and Local Governments in Germany: The Case of Local Social Policy.- From Government to Governance at the Local Level — Some Considerations based on Data Surveys with Mayors and Chief Executive Officers.- Reform and Modernization of Urban Government in France.- Modernizing German Local Government: Bringing the People Back in?.

Circa l’autore

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.