STATECRAFT
STATECRAFT is about everything to do with creating, maintaining and adapting States and Governments. Internally and externally. Produced by Colin Talbot, Professor of Government (emeritus) at the University of Manchester, UK. TWITTER: @colinrtalbot EMAIL: colin.talbot@manchester.ac.uk
Podcasting since 2022 • 23 episodes
STATECRAFT
Latest Episodes
PRACTICAL INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT - with Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder
Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder studied 70 public organisations in 5 countries, interviewing over a thousand people, for this book.It shows how bottom-up driven innovation can achieve truly remarkable results - for small extra investme...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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BRIDGEBUILDING - how Government can transcend boundaries to solve big problems. With William Eggers and Donald Kettl
William Eggers and Don Kettle's new book 'BRIDGEBUILDERS' isn't the first to address the issue of how Governments can 'catalyse' problem solving on the big issues. But it's a great updating, and refining, of the issues, methods and pi...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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STATECRAFT FOR SUPERSTATES? - with Alasdair Roberts
The advertising for Al Roberts new book SUPERSTATES says"In this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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34:48
HOW TO RULE? The Arts of Government from Antiquity to the Present - with Grant Duncan
There are not many* attempts to write a full, global, history of Government since its inception 4-5 millennia ago.Grant Duncan has written one which doesn't cover everything - but focuses instead on the ideas (and realities) of governme...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:37
THE RETURN OF THE STATE - discussion with Graeme Garrard about his ideas around the "Public Interest State"
Graeme Garrad argues that for the past 40 years some governments have tried to 'roll back the frontiers of the state'. Although they succeeded in a lot of economic areas, they were much less successful at reducing the welfare state.Now ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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37:07