HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK (Part 1) INSTITUTIONAL SETTING (Part 2) POSITIONING ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN RELATION TO THE DISCIPLINES TO WHICH THEY ARE MOST CLOSELY RELATED (Part 3) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMES (Part 4) THE EUROPEAN AND COMPARATIVE DIMENSION (Part 5) RESEARCH (Part 6) RELATION WITH THE PROFESSION (Part 7) IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT (Part 8) CONCLUSIONS (Part 9) ANNEXES