Serving the State Global Public Administration Education and Training - Policy Studies Organization

Serving the State' is a two-volume exploration of global trends in public administration education and training. Recent decades have seen global changes in the administrative environment and the pattern of service delivery. The impact of information technology, New Public Management, privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation has been felt throughout the world. At the same time new supranational and international organisations have emerged, as have new social movements such as feminism and environmentalism. But such changes have influenced different societies in different ways. Reinventing government has, perforce, required the reinvention of administration. This, in turn, has demanded a reappraisal of the ways in which administrators are prepared for office. From curriculum design and teaching methodologies to learning styles and assessment practices, change and diversity have been much in evidence. - - Volume One focuses on the Anglo-American tradition with its public service ethos and liberal democratic roots. Each of its chapters has been researched by an in-country specialist. 'Serving the State' is crucial reading and an invaluable reference work, for all those involved in universities and training institutes as well as public sector practitioners.