Francis Beckett

Why state bureaucracy is crucial to our happiness

With politicians increasingly sabotaging the machinery of government worldwide, our only protection lies in the civil service, judiciary, police and security services

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  • The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers Our Future

    Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey S. Kopstein

    Polity Books, pp. 182, £20

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