Interview with GovExec Daily
I’ve recorded a short podcast with GovExec Daily about “changing governance models and the pandemic.” Listen here.
Oct 27
Seminar at Western Washington University
I participated in a conversation with Kyle Harper, author of The Fate of Rome, as part of the Munro Institute seminar at Western Washington University on October 27, 2020. Watch the seminar here.
Article in Current History
My article, “The pandemic exposes an ailing US governance model,” is published in the November 2020 issue of Current History. Download the article here.
Presentation at NASPAA on “the new normal”
Video of my presentation today for the NASPAA 2020 panel on curriculum for the “new normal” is here. About seven minutes.
Oct 9
ACRL’s Choice recommends Strategies for Governing
In its October 2020 issue, ACRL’s Choice Magazine recommends Strategies for Governing: Reinventing Public Administration for a Dangerous Century (Cornell University Press, 2019). From the review: “Is it time for public administration to broaden its vision? Roberts (Univ. of Mass., Amherst) puts forth the provocative argument that the field has narrowed to a public management approach centered on processes within administrative states, and he advocates for public administration to embrace a global perspective and add country-level analysis. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.”
Other comments on the book here | Order on Amazon | Excerpt here.
Summary of “strategies for governing” in Canadian Public Administration
I’ve just published a short comment in Canadian Public Administration that summarizes the argument in my book Strategies for Governing. Open access here.
Review of “Strategies for Governing” in Perspectives on Politics
In Perspectives on Politics, Jennifer Selin reviews Strategies for Governing: “Overall, Strategies for Governing has broad implications for research, teaching, and practice in a variety of disciplines and subfields. The book’s insights provide readers with fresh perspectives on important research questions in public administration, public policy, American politics, international relations, and comparative politics. Perhaps most notably, Roberts encourages us to return to first principles and to address the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of government.” Review here.
Presentation at Universidad de los Andes
I talked about “strategies for governing” with graduate students at Camargo School of Government at the Universidad de los Andes on September 25. Here’s a recording of the presentation and conversation.
Column discusses “Strategies for Governing”
In the newspaper Dagbladet Information, Professor Carsten Greve of Copenhagen Business School discusses my book Strategies for Governing. Link to column.
Discussion of “Can Government Do Anything Right?”
I discussed my book Can Government Do Anything Right? as part of the orientation for the University of Georgia MPA program on August 13-14. Video here.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
