Pre-order “Four Crises” on Amazon
Four Crises of American Democracy is available for pre-order on Amazon. Details here.
Posts from the ‘Books’ Category
Apr 22
December 1 release date for “Four crises of American democracy”
My book manuscript Four Crises of American Democracy has been accepted by Oxford University Press and will shortly be on its way to production. The anticipated release date is December 1. Details on the OUP website here.
Talk on “Four Crises of Democracy” at Truman School
I’ll be discussing my book project Four Crises of Democracy at the Truman School on Friday September 25. Details here. The book is under contract with Oxford University Press.
Governance publishes review of End of Protest
Governance has just published a review of The End of Protest. Sina Odugbemi says the book is “a good read, bracing and forthright . . . The prevailing myth of the early 21st century is that we are in the age of networked protests, where ordinary citizens empowered by amazing new technological tools can overcome their collective action challenges, launch revolutions, change governments, humble the powerful and create a brave new world. Roberts shows that all that is naive and overly optimistic. At the heart of the text is a policing and law-and-order story of how authorities in the major economies of the West figured out how to contain, manage and immobilize the hordes of networked protesters.” Read the review.
Review of Logic of Discipline in Historical Materialism
The journal Historical Materialism has published a review of The Logic of Discipline by Safi Shams. Link to the review.
End of Protest now $1.99 on Amazon, intro on Medium
The introduction to The End of Protest can now be read on Medium. Cornell University Press has reduced the price on Amazon to $1.99.
ABS article references “The End of Protest”
In the American Behavioral Scientist, Takis S. Pappas and Eoin O’Malley reference The End of Protest in their comparison of social unrest in Ireland and Greece following the financial crisis of 2008. Read the article. Pappas and O’Malley conclude that “the most compelling explanation relates to the varying ability of the Greek and Irish states to continue providing basic public goods and other state-related services to their respective societies.”
World Bank blog discusses “The End of Protest”
On the World Bank’s CommGAP blog, Sina Odugbemi discusses The End of Protest. “It is a good, bracing and quick read. You will find plenty to both agree and argue with in it.” Read the blog post.
Ventriss discusses AFGD in ARPA
In the current issue of American Review of Public Administration, Curtis Ventriss of the University of Vermont discusses America’s First Great Depression: “What is noteworthy about Roberts’s meticulous historical analysis is not so much the validity of his conclusions, but instead his attention to the interplay of the global economy and the changing economic dynamics occurring domestically and the political detritus of such developments on the body politic. This is a prescient reminder of why the inclusion of a historical dimension is critical to any legitimate inquiry (coupled with appropriate empirical data) about the important nexus between public affairs and economic issues.” Read the article.
AFGD released as Audible Audiobook
America’s First Great Depression has just been released as an Audible Audiobook, narrated by Kevin Young.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
