The Leipzig model : myth or reality? : a study of city management in the former East Germany
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The Leipzig model : myth or reality? : a study of city management in the former East Germany
University Press of America, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-288) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Leipzig Model describes how civil servants in Leipzig, a city in the former East Germany, cope with the challenges stemming from the uneven economic conditions that continue to exist after the reunification. The analysis reviews a series of recent successes achieved by the managerial leaders of Leipzig who have been able to compete and excel in comparison with civil servants in Western Germany and the bureaucracies of several other European Union countries. The book also investigates the local "civic culture" that is behind the driving forces of the city's leaders. Leipzig's "local political culture" is outlined and its key elements are defined. In addition to examining the professional strength of the city's civil servants, the book analyzes the strategies being used by the mayor and city managers of Leipzig to achieve such successes and compares these strategies to some current organizational theories and models.
Table of Contents
Part 1 List of Acronyms Part 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Bureaucratic Transition Chapter 5 Politics and Human Rights Chapter 6 Ethics in a Society in Transformation Chapter 7 The City of Leipzig Chapter 8 The Structure of Leipzig City Government Chapter 9 The Leipzig Model of Management Chapter 10 Conclusions Part 11 Appendix A: Statistical Information on Leipzig Part 12 Appendix B: Leipzig City Council in 2005 (parties and number of seats) Part 13 Appendix C: Excerpts of Twenty-Four Interviews Part 14 Appendix D: Excerpts from a Newspaper Series on the Leipzig Model Part 15 References Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Author
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