Ideology and Interests in the German State (Rle: German Politics)

This book addresses major theoretical issues in the fields of public administration and comparative politics. It discusses the role which ideology played as a unifying force for at least parts of the German state bureaucracy in Wilhelmine Germany . The examination of a modernizing ideology in the German case is useful for an understanding of the political dynamics of state-led modernization and industrial strategy in many contemporary societies and the author explains political behaviour and relations in Germany in general terms that are universally relevant.

List of contents

Part 1: The Problem 1. Politics and Administration 2. The Political Setting for Bureaucratic Conflict Part 2: Policies Introduction 3. The Caprivi Commercial Treaties 4. The Mittelland Canal 5. The Bülow Tariff 6. The 1908/09 Imperial Finance Reform Part 3: Explanations 7. Bureaucratic Conflict and Its Determinants 8. Toward an Explanation of Bureaucratic Conflict. Appendices.

About the author

Gary Bonham

Product details

• Authors: Gary Bonham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2014
• EAN: 9781138839632
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83963-2
• No. of pages: 460
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: German Politics; Routledge Library Editions: Ge
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education