Bureaucracies are inevitable. Sadly, once created they grow. They hunt for things to do to justify their continued existence.
They're something akin to a hoarder's house. Most of the contents need chucking out. The basic structure and equipment is OK but needs a desperate high-powered clean.
or signup to continue reading Bureaucracies are frequently set up as independent. That sounds great. However it actually means "answerable to nobody, unless we screw up in an undeniably mega fashion".
In short: accountable to no one. Setting something up independent from government seems to have some sort of appeal to voters. It's odd to want to set something up as independent from the people you elect.
It means the set up body isn't answerable to your chosen officials, nor to you. The mega bureaucracy we all have to live with is the . It's a law unto itself.
And it's a hoarder's house. My own experience of the UN was in three parts. First, as minister responsible for the federal police, I took Christmas lunch when I went to support our peacekeepers in .
The federal police were there when it really hit the fan, as opposed to military who swung in to help clean up. On a tour around we passed the UN compound. The car park was full of smart, shiny, green four-wheel drive vehicles with flash UN logos.
The problem was they were for bureaucrats in Dili. Literally 9-to-5 in the car park. The peacekeeping teams weren't provided with that luxury.
But then they weren't UN bureaucrats. Second, was a.