Jan 13
I’ll be discussing my Large Forces paper at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration in Washington on Friday, March 14. The panel is “The evolving relationship between political science and public administration.” Program details here. The paper can be obtained here.
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.
In the current issue of New Left Review, Tom Mertes reviews America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts provides a striking picture of the decade’s economic woes, drawing extensively on contemporary commentaries from both sides of the Atlantic and informed by a vivid sense of American geography.” Read the review.
Today’s lead article on the New Left Project website, by Tom Mills, discusses The Logic of Discipline and the “dynamics of neoliberal governance.”
I’ve contributed an article to the November/December issue of PA Times, examining how the default crisis of the 1840s produced constitutional change in the United States. Read the article.
I’ll be presenting my Large Forces paper at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans on January 11. The slides for the January 11 presentation are here. The monograph is available here.
Robert F. Bruner, Dean of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, has put America’s First Great Depression on his 2013 book recommendation list. The book “gives an excellent account of the awful wreckage” of the depression of the 1840s, Bruner says.
I’ve just recorded an interview about The End of Protest with David Levine, host of the radio interview show and podcast series Hearsay Culture. The interview will air on KZSU-FM on Wednesday, November 27 at 4pm PST / 7pm EST. The interview is also available online here.
My Large Forces monograph has been revised. It is now available in Kindle as well as paperback format.
Publishers Weekly has a story about the launch of Cornell University Press’ new Cornell Selects imprint. The End of Protest is the first title in the series.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
