Balancing act: Keeping political masters happy and policy choices appropriate

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Balancing act: Keeping political masters happy and policy choices appropriate

Tim Tenbensel 2022

Tim Tenbensel

Yes Minister
In the UK series Yes Minister, cabinet minister James Hacker (Paul Eddington) was manipulated by permanent department secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), while private secretary Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds) was caught between the two

POLICY PUZZLER

Ministers and their officials can sometimes be at odds, writes Tim Tenbensel, as he explores the workings and power plays of democratic governments

The ironies of our 1980s’ state-sector reforms could easily be spun into comedy gold I often find that undergraduate students are puzzled and con