Baden and the modern state : the implementation of administrative and legal reforms in the German state of Baden during the 19th century / Felix Selgert.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Selgert, Felix, author.

Series:

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beiheft ; 23.

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beihefte ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Germany--Baden--19th century.

Administrative agencies.

Civil service--Germany--Baden--History--19th century.

Civil service.

Baden (Germany)--Politics and government--19th century.

Baden (Germany).

Baden (Germany)--Officials and employees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Olbenbourg, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction: Administration and economic growth

1 The creation of the state of Baden, 1793-1868

2 State formation and economic development

3 The making of a modern Weberian bureaucracy in Baden

4 Security police - the Gendarmerie

5 The effects of police on crime

6 State making and administration in Baden

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Dissertation Universität Mannheim 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110599305

3110599309

9783110602654

3110602652

OCLC:

1049624096