1. Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration Michael W. Bauer, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Kutsal Yesilkagit, Stefan Becker; 2. Incomplete Democratization, System Transformations, and the Civil Service: A Case Study on the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime in Germany Bastian Strobel, Sylvia Veit; 3. Resilience without Resistance: Public Administration under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy Fabrizio Di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro; 4. Illiberal Transformation of Government Bureaucracy in a Fragile Democracy. The Case of Hungary György Hajnal, Zsolt Boda; 5. Public Administration in Poland in the Times of Populist Drift Stanis¿aw Mazur; 6. Technocratic-Populist Mayors and Public Administration in Three European Cities Eliška Drápalová; 7. Populism and the Deep State: The Attack on Public Service under Trump Donald Moynihan; 8. 'Doublespeak Populism' and Public Administration: The Case of Mexico Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna; 9. Venezuela: Sidelining Public Administration under a Revolutionary-Populist Regime Wolfgang Muno, Héctor G. Briceño M; 10. Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil João Victor Guedes-Neto, B. Guy Peters; 11. Public Administration: How to Respond to Populism and Democratic Backsliding Gerry Stoker; 12.Conclusions: Public Administration under the Rule of Democratic Backsliders Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters, Michael W. Bauer, Kutsal Yesilkagit, Stefan Becker.