Baden and the Modern State: The Implementation of Administrative and Legal Reforms in the German State of Baden During the 19th Century

by Felix Selgert

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311060079X
• ISBN13: 9783110600797
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"