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THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN EAST GERMANY DISPLAYED ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A REGIME TRANSITION WHICH FORMALLY BEGAN IN DECEMBER 1989 WHEN THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBER DELETED FROM THE CONSTITUTION THE CLAIM TO LEADERSHIP OF THE WORKING CLASS AND ITS MARXIST-LENNIST PARTY. INITIALLY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ELITE WAS AFFECTED BY THE REGIME TRANSITION ONLY IN INDIVIDUAL CASES. THE BULK OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CADRE REMAINED, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, LARGELY UNAFFECTED BY THE PROCESS OF REGIME TRANSITION. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND ELITE TRANSFER. IT CONCLUDES THAT IT WILL TAKE A LONG PERIOD OF TRANSITION FOR STRICT EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CAREERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO BECOME STANDARD ONCE AGAIN.

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.