The Leipzig Model

Myth or Reality?

Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2007
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3890-6 (ISBN)

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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.

Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor is a professor of public administration at Florida International University. He has previously taught at Howard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Brazilian School of Public Administration. He has been teaching and doing research at Leipzig University since 1999 and was officially designated an honorary professor at that university in June 2007.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2007
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7618-3890-2 / 0761838902
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3890-6 / 9780761838906
Zustand	Neuware