CROATIAN AND COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Public Administration Education in Twelve Post-Socialist Countries and Croatia: Is There a Convergence? Gordana Marčetić * Goranka Lalić Novak ** Jasmina Džinić *** UDK 378.046.4:35(497.5) 35:378.046.4(497.5) Original scientific paper / izvorni znanstveni rad Received / primljeno: 14. 10. 2011. AACNRCB  NPGFT?ŋCLM    The authors describe the situation regarding public admin- istration (PA) education in twelve post-socialist Europe- an countries divided into two circles: Central European post-socialist countries and former Yugoslav countries. The analysis is focused on the main orientations of the PA cur- ricula, levels of education, and character of the institutions offering education in the field. A special attention is put * Gordana Marčetić, PhD, associate professor at the Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (izvanredna profesorica na Katedri za upravnu znanost Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, e-mail: gordana.marcetic@pravo.hr) ** Goranka Lalić Novak, PhD, lecturer at the Chair of Administrative Science, Facul- ty of Law, University of Zagreb (predavačica na Katedri za upravnu znanost Pravnog fakul- teta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, e-mail: glalic@pravo.hr) *** Jasmina Džinić, assistant at the Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (asistentica na Katedri za upravnu znanost Pravnog fakulteta Sveučili- šta u Zagrebu, e-mail: jdzinic@pravo.hr)