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CIDE publishes translation of “Logic of Discipline”


Screen Shot 2019-02-05 at 10.15.09 AMThe Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) has just published La lógica de la disciplina: el capitalismo global y la arquitectura del gobierno.  Preview the book on Google Books.  This is a translation of my 2010 book The Logic of Discipline, with a new introduction by Mauricio Dussauge Laguna.  Kindle version now available on Amazon.

“Strategies for Governing” forthcoming from Cornell University Press

Screen Shot 2018-11-01 at 2.34.38 PMMy next book, presently titled Strategies for Governing: A New Direction for Public Administration, is now forthcoming from Cornell University Press, aiming for December 2019.  A summary of the book is available here.

Discussion of “The Logic of Discipline”

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On the website Le Grand Continent, Lorenzo Castellani discusses my 2010 book The Logic of Discipline.  Read the article.

Interview about “Can Government Do Anything Right?”

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI talked on April 11 with Carrie Saldo, host of WGBY’s Connecting Point, about my recent books on the state of democracy, and my current work on strategies for governing.  Video here.

Talk with WBZ’s Nightside

On April 3, I talked with Dan Rea of WBZ’s Nightside about my book Can Government Do Anything Right?  Listen to the interview here.

Distinguished Visiting Lecture at Suffolk University

I’ll discuss my book Can Government Do Anything Right? as a distinguished visiting lecturer at Suffolk University on April 12.  Details here.  Powerpoint for the talk here.

Discount on “Can Government Do Anything Right?”

Polity Books is offering a 20% discount on Can Government Do Anything Right?  Download the order form here.  The form can also be used to order examination copies.

Interview on “Four Crises of American Democracy”

My interview with Dave Levine about my book Four Crises of American Democracy is now available here.  The interview was originally broadcast on the KZSU-FM show Hearsay Culture in May 2017.

Talk at Truman School of Public Affairs on January 25

I’ll be talking about my forthcoming book from Polity Books, Can Government Do Anything Right?, at the Truman School of Public Affairs on January 25.  Details here.  Powerpoint for presentation here.

Excerpt from new Polity book

cgdar_smAn excerpt from my book Can Government Do Anything Right? can be downloaded here.  The book will be published in 2018.  Pre-order on Amazon.