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For thirty years, the state has been shedding old bureaucratic forms and instead developing all sorts of outposts. Agencies, Quangos, commissions and private firms are all taking the slack under state supervision. We call this the Archipelago State.

“Post-bureaucratic society”. Please, no.

Posted by Richard D North under "Power To The People!" / Dare to be dull / Death of ideology / Presentation or policy? / The Archipelago State / The wisdom of crowds on 18 September 2008. No comments.

David Cameron has said that he would like to see a return to proper government, with a Prime Minister working with his Cabinet and Whitehall. But he has also been toying with the idea of the “post bureaucratic society”. Sounds nice, let’s hope he doesn’t mean it. More »