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State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany pp 125–144Cite as

Local Government — A Strategic Resource in German Public Management Reform

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Part of the book series: Urban and Regional Research International ((URI,volume 7))

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The Federation (Bund), by far the dominant legislator, has few administrative responsibilities and is only marginally involved in the delivery of services. This reduces the need for administrative reform at federal level. Nor does the federal Constitution (Basic Law) give powers to the Federation to order specific reform activities at Länder or local government level. This has resulted in a marked disinterest of federal governments in public management reform. However, there are signs that the enormous potential of e-government whose exploitation requires a much closer co-operation of administrative levels is gradually opening the eyes of federal government to the fact that it has a general responsibility to promote the efficiency of the country’s public administration as a whole.

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Banner, G. (2006). Local Government — A Strategic Resource in German Public Management Reform. In: Hoffmann-Martinot, V., Wollmann, H. (eds) State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany. Urban and Regional Research International, vol 7. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90271-5_7

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