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Four Crises of American Democracy
In the last decade, observers of Western governments have become increasingly concerned about an apparent crisis of democracy. They argue that endemic corruption, inadequate …
Can Government Do Anything Right?
Across the Western world, people are angry about the inability of government to perform basic functions competently. With widespread evidence of policy failures at home and …
Superstates
In this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, …
Strategies for Governing
With the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of their shortfalls. The two …
End of Protest
The United States has just gone through the worst economic crisis in a generation. Why wasn't there more protest, as there was in other countries? During the United States' last …
Blacked Out
Nearly forty years ago the US Congress passed the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) giving the public the right to government documents. This 'right to know' has been used …
Logic of Discipline
Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault. Faced with many failed reform projects, advocates of discipline realized that they …
America's First Great Depression
For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal …
Collapse of Fortress Bush
When the Bush presidency began to collapse, pundits were quick to tell a tale of the "e;imperial presidency"e; gone awry, a story of secretive, power-hungry ideologues who …