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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS CONNECTED WITH CERTAIN CONCEPTS OF CHANGE. THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY HAS MADE CLEAR THAT THE CHANGE IN ITS EASTERN PARTS REPRESENTS NOT ONLY A REGIME TRANSITION BUT A TRANFORMATION OF THE ENTIRE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER, AND THEREFORE, A TRANSFORMATION OF STATEHOOD. THE FUNCTIONAL DOCTRINE OF THE STATE SET OUT THE IDEOLOGICAL SCOPE OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES A LIST OF SYSTEMATIC CHANGES WHICH INCLUDE: THE DIRECTION OF THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; FROM INSTRUMENTAL STATISM TO A LIBERAL AND SOCIAL STATE; FROM DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM TO ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION; FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMANDS TO RATIONAL PROCEDURES; ATTEMPTS AT PRIVATIZATION; AND FROM CADRE ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

Considers the direction of the transformation process, the movement towards a liberal and social state, the transition from democratic centralism to organizational differentiation, privatization and the creation of a democratically based public service.

Up to World War II, Germany was a major centre for the development of African studies, arising out of her colonial interests and general academic traditions. African studies were among the casualties of the Nazi catastrophe; and even the more recent revival of German interest in Africa is handicapped by the continued division of the country. Thus, while the West German Federal Republic has been the more active in building economic and cultural ties with the new African states, it is in East Germany that academics have given greater prominence to Africa.

In 1989-1990, peaceful protests shook the German Democratic Republic (GDR), ushered in unification, and provided a powerful narrative of people power that would shape protest movements for decades to come. This article surveys eastern German protest across three decades, exploring the interplay of protest voting, demonstrations, and protest parties since the Wende. It finds that protest voting in the east has had a significant political impact, benefiting and shaping parties on both the left and the right of the party spectrum. To understand this potential, it examines how economic and political factors, although changing, have continued to provide favorable conditions for political protest in the east. At particular junctures, waves of protest occurred in each of the three decades after unification, shaping the party landscape in Germany.

AS OF NOW, THE PRINCIPLES OF PROFITABILITY AND EFFICIENCY WILL BE INVOKED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF EAST GERMAN INDUSTRY, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND WIDENING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS SURE TO FOLLOW. REAL POVERTY IS ALSO EXPECTED. TOGETHER, THESE FACTORS WILL ERODE SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND DIM, FOR SOME TIME TO COME, THE PROSPECTS FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN EAST GERMANY.