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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.