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State & Government in the Federal Republic of Germany - The Executive at Work
N. Johnson
Verlag Elsevier Reference Monographs, 1983
ISBN 9781483293011 , 284 Seiten
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Front Cover
1
State and Government in the Federal Republic of Germany
4
Copyright Page
5
Table of Contents
10
Preface
6
Postscript
8
Chapter 1. The Inheritance of the State
12
The Absence of a Unitary State
14
German Constitutionalism and the Rechtsstaat
20
The Separation between State and Society
28
Chapter 2. The Framework of Parties and Political Opinion in the Federal Republic
33
The Revolution of Destruction and its Aftermath
33
The Reconstruction of Political Institutions
36
The Reshaping of the Party System
42
The Social and Economic Context of Political Reconstruction
55
Chapter 3. Federal Executive Leadership
60
The Federal Government
61
The Federal Chancellor
65
Federal Ministers
79
Ministers and their Departments
85
The Social Character of West German Governments
90
Executive Stability and Continuity
93
Chapter 4. The Federal Administration
97
The Federal Ministries
98
The Federal Departments and their External Relations
109
Relations between the Federal Departments
120
A Pluralist Executive
127
Chapter 5. Federalism and Decentralisation in West German Government
128
The Main Features of German Federalism
129
The Länder and Federal Legislation
136
The Länder within the Framework of German Administration
143
The Financial Basis of Federalism
153
Other Aspects of Decentralisation within the Federal Structure: Local Government
161
Trends in German Federalism
168
Chapter 6. The Bureaucracy in the Federal Republic
180
The Historical Heritage
180
The Organisation of the Public Services
186
The Officials—Beamte
193
Politics, Politicians and the Bureaucracy
199
Policy-making
211
Chapter 7. Controlling the Executive
217
The Judicial Modes of Control
217
The Internal Control of Financial Performance and Efficiency
230
Political Controls over the Activities of Government
233
Chapter 8. The Challenge of Expanding Government
243
Co-operation and Co-ordination
246
Planning the Use of Resources
254
The European Community Dimension
262
Executive Style, Political Responsiveness and the Rule of Law
267
Bibliography
278
Index
280
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