Marc Holzer, Ph.D. (University of Michigan) is executive director of the National Center for Public Productivity, as well as a Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Public Administration at Rutgers University Campus at Newark.

Part I Role Models and Roles, Part II Are We Educating for Public Service?, Part III What Motivates People to Enter the Public Service?, Part IV Are Public Servants Satisfied in Their Jobs?, Part V Are Public Servants Staying or Fleeing?, Part VI What Do We Need to Know? To Do?

This volume includes perspectives on public service selected from decades of major public administration journals. It also includes cross-national analyses of the public service in other systems, proposals for rethinking public service systems, and questions as to the future of the public service.