Ministerialverwaltung im Wandel

This study analyses how and why departmental staff units have changed in size and role in German and Danish ministries since 1980. It is shown that the ministerial bureaucracies in both cases face rather diffuse external pressure selectively resulting in a changing organizational structure and in an increasing relevance of staff units. However, the ministerial bureaucracies in both cases adapt differently. Thus, country-specific organizational change is explained by varying institutionalizations of the relationship of politics and bureaucracy.
This book provides detailed empirical insights into the changing structure and role of staff units and thereby contributes to filling a research gap in comparative Public Administration.