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ISSN: 1865-7192 | eISSN: 2196-1395
Volume 19, 2026 | 2 x per Year (June, Dec)
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dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management contributes to the interdisciplinary discourse addressing scholars (from political science, administration, legal studies, economics, finances, organizational studies and psychology) as well as practitioners (management in administration and companies).

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Jg. 18, Nr. 2-2025
Digitale Daseinsvorsorge: Probleme, Positionen und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

279-281

Themenschwerpunkt: Digitale Daseinsvorsorge: Probleme, Positionen und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

Digital Services of General Interest: Definition, Status Quo and Outlook

Ulf Papenfuß, Tobias Polzer

283-299

Innovation and entrepreneurship as the foundation for the development of digital public services – Contextualisation and evaluation of the effectiveness of a training programme for public entrepreneurs

Stefanie Wellmann, Elmar Hinz, Christina Schaefer

300-319

Digital Services of General Interest and Well-Being

Moreen Heine, Florian König, Daniel Wessel

320-335

Digital Public Services in Local Government – Fluid Mandates, Digital Shortcomings, and Unclear Financing as Causes of an “Implementation Trap?”

Henrik Scheller, Jens Libbe

336-353

Innovative key figures in rural governance. The role of digital pioneers in the co-creation of public services

Peter Ulrich, Julia Binder, Tobias Mettenberger

354-370

Digital public services, collaborative innovation, and public value. About agents and stewards in municipal enterprises

Christian Geiger, Oliver Neumann, Matthias Stürmer

371-388

The Relationship Between Digital Public Services and Smart City Strategies: A Descriptive Analysis of the City of Vienna

Nina Wörle

389-404

A Dialogue on Digitale Daseinsvorsorge: Between Renaissance and Revolution

Stephan Leixnering, Stephan A. Jansen

405-420

Digital public services: A new joint task to support municipalities

Jens Meier, Roman Ringwald

421-431

Abhandlungen

The resilient state as paradigm of public administration in times of polycrisis. Coping strategies in local immigration offices in Germany

Sybille Münch, Hannes Schammann, Thorsten Schlee

432-451

Counselling and Placement of Jobseekers: Administrative Behaviour in Jobcentres

Holger Bähr, Andrea Kirchmann

452-471

Role as a Resource in Public Administration: A Qualitative Analysis of the Role of Senior Civil Servants in German Science Ministries

Viktoria Jäger

472-486

Essay

Causes of Excessive Bureaucracy and Approaches for Action at the State Level

Nathalie Behnke, Bernhard Boockmann, Heidrun Braun, Gisela Färber, Stephan Grohs, Hannah Keding, Julia Krönung, Sabine Kuhlmann, Frank Kupferschmidt, Gisela Meister-Scheufelen

487-503

Abschiedsvorlesung

The institutional fragmentation of the state – no farewell

Marian Döhler

504-523

Rezensionen

Paul Kevenhörster & Benjamin Laag (2024). Strategie und Taktik. Ein Leitfaden für das politische Überleben (2., überarb. und erw. Aufl.). Baden-Baden: Nomos. 185 Seiten. ISBN 978- 3-7560-0937-4 (Print). ISBN 978-3-7489-1686-4 (ePDF).

Göttrik Wewer

524-526

Sommermann, Karl-Peter, Krzywoń, Adam & Fraenkel- Haeberle, Christina (Eds.) (2025). The Civil Service in Europe. A Research Companion. Routledge. 1016 Seiten. ISBN 978 1–032–49936–9 (Hardback), ISBN 978 1–032–60255–4 (Paperback), sowie Open Access.

Dieter Schimanke

527-532

Sager, F., Mavrot, C., & Keiser, L. R. (Eds.) (2024). Handbook of Public Policy Implementation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 542 Seiten, ISBN-13: 978–1800885899.

Christoph Hönnige

533-535

St. Denny, E. & Zittoun, P. (Eds.) (2024). Handbook of Teaching Public Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 564 pages, ISBN: 978 1 80037 810 0.

Anke Hassel

536-539

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