In Defence of Bureaucracy

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 5^th Mar 2013, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 5^th Mar 2013, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell argues that bureaucracy, far from being just the 'glue that greases the wheels of progress', is an essential part of a functioning democracy. Show more

In Defence of Bureaucracy

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 12^th Mar 2013, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 12^th Mar 2013, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Gus O'Donnell argues that we should be proud of our civil service and that hasty reform risks undermining a 150-year-old tradition of fairness, impartiality and accountability. Show more