Local Government and Governance in Germany: Challenges, Responses and Perspectives
About this ebook
Ranking among the functionally and politically strongest among European countries Germany’s local government plays an important role in the German federal system and beyond in the European Union. Over the years it has proved a remarkable problem solving and innovative capacity. Hence, the German case may attract the attention of a European and international audience interested in local government and governance and practices.
About the author
Hellmut Wollmann born in 1936. In 1970-71 Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University. Professor of Public Administration at the Free University of Berlin (1974 to 1993) and at Humboldt University of Berlin (1993-2003). Chairman (1980-1996) of the IPSA Research Committee on the Comparative Study of Local Politics and Government. Guest professorships among others in Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, Paris, Florence and Gothenburg). Main fields of research and publications on comparative government and public administration with a focus on subnational levels. Among recent publications: Public and Social Services in Europe (co-edited with I. Kopric and G. Marcou) Palgrave 2016, Introduction to Comparative Public Administration (co-authored with S. Kuhlmann and R. Reiter), 3rd ed., Edward Elgar 2024/25.
