Politicisation of administration or bureaucratisation of politics? : The case of Germany

  • Switches between political and administrative positions seem to be quite common in today’s politics, or at least not so unusual any longer. Nevertheless, up-to-date empirical studies on this issue are lacking. This paper investigates the presumption, that in recent years top bureaucrats have become more politicised, while at the same time more politicians stem from a bureaucratic background, by looking at the career paths of both. For this purpose, we present new empirical evidence on career patterns of top bureaucrats and executive politicians both at Federal and at Länder level. The data was collected from authorized biographies published at the websites of the Federal and Länder ministries for all Ministers, Parliamentary State Secretaries and Administrative State Secretaries who held office in June 2009.
  • Der Aufsatz befasst sich mit der Frage, ob sich eine wachsende Politisierung der Ministerialbürokratie und eine zunehmende Bürokratisierung der Politik in einer Hybridisierung der Karriereverläufe von Spitzenbeamten und Exekutivpolitikern auf Bundes- und Landesebene in Deutschland nachweisen lässt.

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Author details:Werner JannORCiDGND, Sylvia VeitGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-45163
Publication series (Volume number):Potsdamer Diskussionspapiere zur Verwaltungswissenschaft (6)
Publication type:Monograph/Edited Volume
Language:English
Publication year:2010
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2010/08/03
Tag:Bürokratisierung; Länder; Ministerialverwaltung; Politisierung; Spitzenbeamte
Germany; buraucratisation; core executive; politicisation; top bureaucrats
RVK - Regensburg classification:MF 7100
Organizational units:Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften
DDC classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 35 Öffentliche Verwaltung, Militärwissenschaft / 350 Öffentliche Verwaltung, Militärwissenschaft
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
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