Jan 23
The Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Administration has published a short commentary, “Improving adaptability in democratic systems,” that is drawn from my forthcoming book, The Adaptable Country. The commentary can be read here. | More information about the book here.
I’ve written a Policy Brief on adaptable government for the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at American University Cairo. Download the policy brief here. This is based on my current book project, The Adaptable Country.
The Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies has reposted my column, “A complex battle over openness.” Access here.
My article “Bearing the White Man’s Burden: American Empire and the Origin of Public Administration” has been selected as joint runner-up for the 2021 Riccucci-O’Leary Award. The award is given annually for the best article on diversity, broadly defined, published in JPART or PPMG. Details here.
I joined Wilson Center NOW to discuss my Wilson Quarterly article, “The Hundred Day Mistake.” Watch the interview here.
I’ve just published an article in Wilson Quarterly, “The Hundred Day Mistake.” Read it here. Lede: “Is an FDR-style legislative blitz the best way forward in our present crisis?” The article is also referenced in the New York Times. Previous articles in Wilson Quarterly include “The WikiLeaks Illusion” (2010) and “The Nation-State: Not Dead Yet” (2015).
I’ve written a short comment for Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, “How to bridge East and West.” Manuscript here. Abstract: Today, the field of public administration has two problems that can be fixed with one solution. The first problem is fixation on a limited set of “middle-level” topics in public administration. The second problem is a bias toward scholarship generated within a very small number of Western democracies. We can fix both problems by adopting an approach to scholarship that focuses on the macro-level of public administration — that is, on questions of grand strategy and statebuilding.
A short paper that I’ve co-written with Don Moynihan is now forthcoming in Public Administration Review: “Dysfunction by design: Trumpism as administrative doctrine.” Read the MS here. Read on the PAR website.
My article, “The pandemic exposes an ailing US governance model,” is published in the November 2020 issue of Current History. Download the article here.
My article “A neglected subject: Grand politics and public administration” has just been published by the International Journal of Policy Studies. Download here.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
