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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the state of the bureaucracy in the eastern part of Germany prior to reunification and discusses changes that occurred after 1990. The contributors review the impact of these changes on the bureaucracy and other sectors of society where a new ethic seems to have emerged, guiding practitioners involved in restructuring East German institutions. Issues discussed include: the performance of the administrative structures, the transformation of the Eastern German university system, the various affirmative action policies implemented after 1990, compensation to victims of abuses by the former socialist regime, changes in public relations policy after 1990, and an ethic guiding the models of restructuring institutions for industrialized and developing countries.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables and Figures Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Bureaucracy of the Former East Germany: A Difficult Transition from Communism to Democracy Chapter 5 Evaluating the Transformation Process in East Germany: Institutional Performance of Local Administration Chapter 6 The Transformation of the Eastern German University System: Incomplete Colonization and Reform Blockade- The Example of the University of Leipzig Chapter 7 German Care vs. American Justice. About Patterns of Gender Representation in Affirmative Action Plans Chapter 8 Justice Expectations and Redress to Human Rights Violations in the Former East Germany Chapter 9 From Capitalist Public Relations to Socialist Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit and Back: PR in East Germany Chapter 10 Institutionalizing an Ethic of Change: Responding to Dilemmas of Massive Transformation in East Germany Chapter 11 About the Editor and Contributors Chapter 12 Index
