11. Local State-Society Relations in Germany

In the chapter on Germany the following networks of local state-society relations are considered: the administrative committees of the local employment agencies, the advisory boards of local job centers, the local youth welfare committees, the local foreign residents’ advisory committees, and local economic development agencies. The administrative committees of the local employment agencies are networks to which public tasks are delegated. The advisory boards of local job centers as well as the local youth welfare committees can be both characterized as collaborative networks. The local foreign residents’ advisory committees and the local development agencies represent totally different cases as the former are ceremonial and the latter consociational networks.