Civil Service & Bureaucracy
-
Trump Did Not Abolish the Merit System. He Changed Who Civil Servants Answer To
Why Trump's Schedule F is one of the most consequential changes of his second presidency.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
- USA
-
From Our Archive: Politics or Technocracy? The Regional Water Authorities
Before water companies in England were privatised in 1989, an article originally published in 1981 asks whether the management of water resources should be handled by elected democratic politicians or by technical experts.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
-
Turkey Under Erdoğan: An Increasingly Impotent State
How the tragedy of the 6 February earthquakes exposed Turkey’s institutional weaknesses.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
-
The Paradox of Power in Turkey: Omnipotent Leader, Impotent State
A central paradox of contemporary authoritarianism is how the concentration of power in the hands of a seemingly omnipotent executive can produce an increasingly impotent state.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
-
What do we Know About Labour’s AI Policy, and will it Work?
There is reason to be sceptical of Labour’s techno-solutionist approach.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party
-
Planning for Decline: How England's Planning System Caused the Housing Crisis
Britain's planning system has led to decades of underbuilding and worse housing outcomes than in peer western European nations.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
-
Labour's Commitment to 1.5 Million New Homes: Housing Delivery as an Orchestrator-Intermediary Challenge
Will housing reform be any different under this government?
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party
-
The New Politics of Public Inquiries
An 'inquiry on inquiries’ at a time when more public inquiries are running concurrently than in any other time in British history.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Parliament
- Progressive Politics
-
Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England
Why local government in England is in a perilous position – and what can be done.
- Devolution
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
-
Change and Continuity in British Politics: Can the Starmer Government's Approach to Governance Resolve the Crisis in the British State without Radical Reform?
The key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration during its initial period in power.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party