The Relationship Between Government and Social Change

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No change is also about uno societyl change, and often pressure as well. What you see is the relationship between government perhaps legislating and leading the way. Or is it more a case of now social attitudes changing, and then government feeling pragmatically that they need to respond in this way. So i supposepose it's all of ll of ll of the above, i guess, is the only answer.

James Plunkett's new book, End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken, draws on his years working in both public policy and at the top tiers of government. A former advisor to UK prime minister Gordon Brown, his book looks at how to reboot some key ideas ranging from commerce to healthcare for a nation such as the UK in order to provide better quality of life for larger sections of society. James joins urbanist, transport and tech specialist Kat Hanna to talk about the book.

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