This text follows on from the first volume by exploring public administration, education and training in other traditions and contexts, including the French and Islamic traditions, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Latin America, small islands states, former communist countries such as Poland and the Ukraine, and others - notably China - undergoing rapid economic change. The studies have been chosen not only to include contexts and traditions not covered in the previous volume, but also to reflect geographical and political diversity. The volume ends with a concluding chapter which attempts to draw some of the themes and conclusions suggested by the individual studies in the two volumes as a whole.