This title was first published in 2000: Serving the State is an invaluable two-volume exploration of global trends in public administration education and training. Volume 2 of this important reference work explores traditions and contexts. Included for examination are the French and Islamic traditions, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Latin America, Small Island States and former communist countries such as Poland and the Ukraine as well as other countries undergoing rapid economic change.

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.