Chapter 1 Reclaiming Public Space: Drawing Lessons from the Past as We Confront the Future

Chapter 2 Fear and Loathing of Technological Progress? Leveraging Science and Innovation for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Chapter 3 Lessons from Lagash: Public Service at the Start of History and Now

Chapter 4 The Emergence of a New Model? Trajectories of Civil Service Development in the Former Soviet Union Countries

Chapter 5 Japan’s Attempts to Digitalise Government: An Introduction of “My Number” System in Reforming Public Management

Chapter 6 The Role of Civil Service and the Human Resource Management Policies Required for the Government of the Future

Chapter 7 China’s Public Service and Civil Service Capacity Building

Chapter 9 Big Data-Driven Public Service in the Twenty-First Century: The Politics of Big Data

Chapter 10 Cooperation and Partnerships for International Development in the Era of the SDGs