Technology for Accountability Lab
I’ll be a presenter in the Technology for Accountability Lab that will be hosted this summer by Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law. Details here.
Jul 17
Conversation on KFRU about “Four Crises of American Democracy”
I spoke with David Lile on KFRU Radio about Four Crises of American Democracy this morning. Listen to the conversation here.
Article in St. Louis Post-Dispatch on “Four Crises”
There’s an article by Chuck Raasch in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about my forthcoming book, Four Crises of American Democracy. Read the article online | Read as PDF.
News release about “Four Crises of American Democracy”
Mizzou’s News Bureau has posted a news release about Four Crises of American Democracy. Read the release.
Video about Four Crises of American Democracy
A short video about my book Four Crises of American Democracy has been posted on the University of Missouri’s YouTube channel. Watch the video.
Panel at PMRC 2016 at Aarhus University
I participated in the special session, “Is public management neglecting the state?”, at the 2016 Public Management Research Conference at Aarhus University on June 24. The paper prepared by panelists can be downloaded here.
New ranking for Governance: #2 in PA, #5 in PS
Journal Citation Reports released its ranking data for 2015 on June 13. Governance has moved to #2 ranking in the field of Public Administration, and #5 ranking in Political Science. It is the only journal ranked in the top five in both fields. Its 2014 ranking was #4 in Public Administration and #10 in Political Science.
New course description for Law and Public Policy
I’ve updated the course description for LAW5724, Law and Public Policy, which will be offered in the MU School of Law in Spring 2017:
This course provides students with a framework for making decisions about the policies that governments should adopt to respond to important public problems. It takes an interdisciplinary perspective and argues that decision-makers manage four kinds of risk: litigation risk, political risk, policy risk and implementation risk. Students are introduced to techniques for identifying and minimizing such risks, and apply these techniques to real-world policy problems. Guest speakers also provide a perspective on the challenges of policy choice.
Large Forces and IT
The introduction to a symposium in the current issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education makes reference to my monograph, Large Forces. Read the introduction. Large Forces can be obtained in electronic and print format on Amazon.
Pre-order “Four Crises” on Amazon
Four Crises of American Democracy is available for pre-order on Amazon. Details here.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
