Baden and the Modern State : the Implementation of Administrative and Legal Reforms in the German State of Baden during the 19th Century /

Baden and the Modern State : the Implementation of Administrative and Legal Reforms in the German State of Baden during the 19th Century /

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Author / Creator:	Selgert, Felix, author.
Imprint:	München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource (195 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beihefte ; 23
Subject:	Administrative agencies -- Germany -- Baden -- 19th century. Civil service -- Germany -- Baden -- History -- 19th century. Administrative agencies. Civil service. Labor laws and legislation. Politics and government. Baden (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. Baden (Germany) -- Officials and employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. Germany -- Baden. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12283106

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ISBN:	9783110599305 3110599309 9783110602654 3110602652 3110599309 311060079X 9783110600797
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	In English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Aug 2018).
Summary:	The bureaucracy's commitment to the public good and predictable decision making processes is an important prerequisite of economic growth. There are, however, only few studies that ask how such an efficient bureaucracy was established. The main objective of this book is to close this gap by exploring the transformation of a rent-seeking bureaucracy into a modern Weberian administration in the Grand-Duchy of Baden during the first half of the 19th century. In doing so, the study asks how rules and regulations that governed employment dismissal, promotion and remuneration of bureaucrats shaped the latter's incentives to commit to the public good and predictable decision making processes. The book provides a detailed case study of local bureaucrats, called district magistrates (Amtmänner) in the German state of Baden during the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. District magistrates were a focal group since they managed daily administrative tasks and provided justice at the local level. Binding district magistrates' decision making processes to clear-cut rules and making them more predictable was therefore a crucial complement to the technological and cultural changes that brought about the industrial revolution.
Other form:	Print version: 9783110599305 Print version: 9783110600797
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783110602654

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Summary:	The bureaucracy's commitment to the public good and predictable decision making processes is an important prerequisite of economic growth. There are, however, only few studies that ask how such an efficient bureaucracy was established. The main objective of this book is to close this gap by exploring the transformation of a rent-seeking bureaucracy into a modern Weberian administration in the Grand-Duchy of Baden during the first half of the 19th century.<br> <br> In doing so, the study asks how rules and regulations that governed employment dismissal, promotion and remuneration of bureaucrats shaped the latter's incentives to commit to the public good and predictable decision making processes. The book provides a detailed case study of local bureaucrats, called district magistrates (Amtmänner) in the German state of Baden during the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. District magistrates were a focal group since they managed daily administrative tasks and provided justice at the local level. Binding district magistrates' decision making processes to clear-cut rules and making them more predictable was therefore a crucial complement to the technological and cultural changes that brought about the industrial revolution.<br> <br>
Physical Description:	1 online resource (195 pages).
ISBN:	9783110599305 3110599309 9783110602654 3110602652 311060079X 9783110600797