Serving the State

Contents: Development, issues and challenges: public administration education and training in China; The different and the similar: public administration education and training in Finland; The revered tradition: public administration education and training in France; The market for civil servants: public administration education and training in The Netherlands; The unfinished revolution: public administration education and training in Poland; Dealing with rapid development: public administration education and training in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; The case of Malta: public administration education and training in small and island states; Combining democracy, rule of law and efficiency: public administration education and training in Sweden; Starting from nothing: public administration education and training in Ukraine; A societal and political problem?: public administration education and training in Venezuela; Concluding thoughts: perspectives on training and education for the public service.