Today's album features C. Northcote Parkinson, naval historian, novelist and political scientist, in one of what was a series of ten albums discussing different aspects of politcal science.
In this case, the subject is Democracy, and, as with all the albums in the series, the discussion is between C. Northcote and Julian H. Franklin.
I came across the entire set of these albums, 25 years or so ago, but only bought three of them, for whatever reason. This one's cover is badly damaged by a flood we experienced last year, so I have offered up only a section of that cover, featuring C. himself. If there's interest in hearing the other two albums from my collection, I can try and find them.
1.) C. Northcote Parkinson - Democracy, Part One (23:25) (MP3)
2.) C. Northcote Parkinson - Democracy, Part Two (23:00) (MP3)
The link to part 1 doesn't work.
Posted by: Bobb | May 02, 2010 at 05:31 PM
Thanks for bringing that to my attention - stupid mistake on my part, and it's been fixed.
Bob
Posted by: Bob Purse | May 02, 2010 at 06:16 PM
This is awesome, but I can't get part two to work.
Posted by: please get part two to work | May 03, 2010 at 12:09 AM
The man invented Parkinson's Law -- that's what he's most famous for. The law basically states that the length of time required to perform a task is equal to the time that is allowed to complete it. That has serious ramifications for those who manage other people. And happens to basically be true 95% of the time. I have two of his books and they are quite witty.
Posted by: Relefunt | May 03, 2010 at 02:46 AM
That's really weird - I checked it yesterday, when I fixed part one, and I listened to part of it. I don't know what happened to the link, but I've fixed it.
Posted by: Bob Purse | May 03, 2010 at 08:32 AM