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University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy

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1.

WikiLeaks: The Illusion of Transparency

International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 1,228 (10,108)

Abstract:

government secrecy, transparency, right to information, national security, diplomacy

2.

A Great and Revolutionary Law? The First Four Years of India's Right to Information Act

Public Administration Review, Vol, 70, No.6, November/December 2010
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 1,194 (11,031)
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Abstract:

right to information, freedom of information, transparency, open government, India, implementation

3.

Publishing Performance Information: An Illusion of Control?

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: HOW IT IS USED, Van Dooren, W., Van de Walle, S., eds., pp. 211-226, Houndmills: Palgrave, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2015
Steven Van de Walle and Alasdair S. Roberts
KU Leuven - Department of Political Science and University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 687 (24,837)
Citation 1

Abstract:

performance information, public services, ranking

4.

Containing the Outrage: How Police Power Tames the Occupy Movement

Boston Review, November 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 503 (42,240)

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5.

Commercializing Air Traffic Control: Have the Reforms Worked?

Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 45-69, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 18 May 2016
Glen McDougall and Alasdair S. Roberts
MBS Ottawa Inc. and University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 455 (40,456)
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Abstract:

commercialization, privatization, air navigation service providers, air traffic control, New Public Management

6.

How Railroads Changed American Government

Forthcoming in Public Administration Review, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 13-41
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 426 (51,809)

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7.

National Security and Open Government

Georgetown Public Policy Review, Vol. 9.2, pp. 69-85, Spring 2004
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Jul 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 381 (39,532)
Citation 1

Abstract:

transparency, right to information, freedom of information, openness, national security

8.

The Logic of Discipline

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-16
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 374 (54,756)
Citation 3

Abstract:

public sector reform, bureaucratic reform, democratization, globalization

9.

Structural Pluralism and the Right to Information

University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 243-271, July 2001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 313 (63,852)
Citation 3

Abstract:

freedom of information, right to information, privatization, restructuring

10.

Why the Occupy Movement Failed

Public Administration Review, Vol. 72, p. 754, 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 May 2012 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 296 (65,859)

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11.

Beyond the Imperial Presidency

THE COLLAPSE OF FORTRESS BUSH: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, New York University Press, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Mar 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 294 (71,801)

Abstract:

Bush Administration, presidency, imperial presidency, neoliberalism, governance

12.

Spin Control and Freedom of Information: Lessons for the United Kingdom from Canada

Public Administration, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 1-25, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Nov 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 276 (84,547)

Abstract:

freedom of information, transparency, secrecy, right to information, United Kingdom, Canada

13.

Administrative Discretion and the Access to Information Act: An 'Internal Law' on Open Government?

Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 175-194, Summer 2002
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 252 (88,607)
Citation 2

Abstract:

access to information, freedom of information, right to information, implementation, compliance, Canada

14.

What's Wrong with the Intellectual History of Public Administration?

Public Voices, 11.2 (2010), pp. 10-14
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2017
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 220 (101,199)

Abstract:

Public Administration, intellectual history

15.

Future Challenges for the Right to Information (RTI) Movement (Futuros Desafíos Para El Movimiento Por El Derecho De Acceso a La Información)

5th International Conference of Information Commissioners, November 26-29, 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Apr 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 194 (122,286)

Abstract:

transparency, right to information, access to information, accountability

16.

Transparency in Troubled Times

Tenth World Conference of the International Ombudsman Institute, November 2012, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper 12-35
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2012
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 187 (112,646)

Abstract:

transparency, open government, access to information, freedom of information, right to information, economic crisis, fiscal crisis, austerity

17.

Preliminary Analysis of Data Relating to the Processing of Freedom of Information Act Requests Received by the UK Ministry of Defence

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-27
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 13 May 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 186 (130,531)

Abstract:

Freedom of Information, Access to Information, Right to Information, Transparency, Implementation, United Kingdom

18.

Democracy: The New Opiate of the Masses? Review of John Dunn, 'Breaking Democracy's Spell'

Forthcoming in Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-36
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 178 (102,045)

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The Path Not Taken: Leonard White and the Macrodynamics of Administrative Development

Public Administration Review, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 764-775, July/August 2009, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-04
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 151 (154,577)
Citation 1

Abstract:

public administration, administrative history, United States, Leonard White

20.

Less Government, More Secrecy: Reinvention and the Weakening of Freedom of Information Law

Public Administration Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 298-310, July-August 2000
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Nov 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 149 (148,189)

Abstract:

freedom of information, right to information, government secrecy, privatization, restructuring

21.

Four Crises of Democracy: Representation, Mastery, Discipline, Anticipation

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-43
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 140 (139,341)

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22.

Open Secrets and Dirty Hands

THE SECRETS OF LAW, Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey, eds., Stanford Univ. Press, 2012, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 11-24
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2013
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 139 (157,115)

Abstract:

transparency, secrecy, terrorism, dirty hands

23.

Too Much Transparency? How Critics of Openness Misunderstand Administrative Development

Prepared for the Fourth Global Conference on Transparency Research, Università della Svizzera italiana, June 4-6, 2015.,
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 May 2015 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 133 (142,890)

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24.

The Failure of the Guardians: Central Banking Reform and the Financial Crisis

Transatlantic Public Policy Series, Vol. 5, 2010, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-54
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 132 (174,989)

Abstract:

central banks, democracy, financial crisis, public service reform

25.

Introduction to 'America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837'

AMERICA'S FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION: ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL DISORDER AFTER THE PANIC OF 1837, Cornell University Press, April 2012, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 11-50
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2011
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 130 (160,648)

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26.

Why the Brownlow Committee Failed: Neutrality and Partisanship in the Early Years of Public Administration

Administration and Society, 28.1 (May 1996), pp. 3-38.
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 130 (167,225)

Abstract:

public administration, Roosevelt, reorganization, expertise, rhetoric, New Deal

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Entangling Alliances: Nato's Security Policy and the Entrenchment of State Secrecy

Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2003
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Nov 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 120 (180,200)
Citation 1

Abstract:

transparency, freedom of information, right to information, government secrecy, NATO, national security, defense, defence

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Performance-Based Organizations: Assessing the Gore Plan

Public Administration Review, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 465-478, December 1997
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 119 (172,963)

Abstract:

Reinvention, restructuring, performance based organizations, executive agencies, accountability, United States, United Kingdom

29.

Public Service Reform and the New Security Agenda

GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SECURITY, Public Affairs Institute, 2002
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Mar 2009
Donald P. Moynihan and Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 107 (191,644)

Abstract:

public management, public administration, crisis, national security, terrorism

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The Triumph of Loyalty Over Competence: The Bush Administration and the Exhaustion of the Politicized Presidency

La Follette School of Public Affairs Working Paper Series No. 2008-024, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper 09-17, Public Administration Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2009
Donald P. Moynihan and Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 98 (212,477)
Citation 1

Abstract:

President Bush, management, Iraq, Katrina, political appointees, politicization, presidency

31.

Nato, Secrecy, and the Right to Information

East European Constitutional Review, Vols. 11.4/12.1, Fall 2002/Winter 2003
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Mar 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 96 (209,656)

Abstract:

right to information, transparency, secrecy, national security, NATO

32.

New Strategies for Enforcement of the Access to Information Act

Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 647-683, Winter 2002
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 94 (215,441)

Abstract:

access to information, right to information, freedom of information, enforcement, compliance, Canada

33.

The Nation-State: Not Dead Yet

Forthcoming in Perspectives Libres, March 2015, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 15-6
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 93 (152,956)

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34.

The Myth of Institutional Rigidity

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 15-17
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 89 (206,924)

Abstract:

institutionalism, institutional change, democracy

35.

Review of 'Tocqueville's Nightmare: The Administrative State Emerges in America, 1900-1940'

Forthcoming in Public Administration Review, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-21
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 25 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 86 (199,070)

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36.

Multilateral Institutions and the Right to Information: Experience in the European Union

European Public Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Nov 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 86 (230,658)

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transparency, freedom of information, right to information, access to documents, secrecy, European Union

37.

The Paradox of Public Sector Reform: Works Better, Trusted Less?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Mar 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 83 (237,201)
Citation 2

Abstract:

public service reform, trust in government, New Public Management

38.

Public Works and Government Services: Beautiful Theory Meets Ugly Reality

HOW OTTAWA SPENDS, G. Swimmer, ed., pp. 171-203 Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1996
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 83 (238,892)

Abstract:

bureaucracy, restructuring, reinvention, internal competition, Canada

39.

A Partial Revolution: The Diplomatic Ethos and Transparency in Intergovernmental Organizations

Public Administration Review, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 408-422, July-August 2004
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Nov 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 83 (237,201)
Citation 1

Abstract:

transparency, freedom of information, right to information, government secrecy, international organizations, international financial institutions

40.

The Slow Death of the Overload Thesis: Review of 'The Fourth Revolution' by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.

Public Administration, Forthcoming, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-19
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 82 (215,441)

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41.

'An Ungovernable Anarchy': The United States' Response to Depression and Default, 1837-1848

Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, No. 45.4, July-August 2010, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 10-33
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 82 (233,922)
Citation 1

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42.

Demonstrating Neutrality: The Rockefeller Philanthropies and the Evolution of Public Administration, 1927-36

Public Administration Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 221-228, 1994
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 80 (242,304)

Abstract:

public administration, politics-administration dichotomy, Rockefeller Foundation, philanthropies, rhetoric

43.

Three Patterns in the Diffusion of Transparency Rules: Money, Guns and Human Rights

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jul 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 79 (225,885)
Citation 1

Abstract:

transparency, openness, right to information, secrecy, liberalization, national security, human rights

44.

Making Transparency Policies Work: The Critical Role of Trusted Intermediaries

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-39
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 77 (227,464)

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45.

Crowd Control: Economic Disruption and the Regulation of Mass Protest

Graduate Student Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, December 2011, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 11-54
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2011
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 75 (244,014)

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46.

Large Forces: What's Missing in Public Administration

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 13 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 69 (195,300)

Abstract:

public administration, intellectual history, state capacity, administrative development

47.

No Simple Fix: Fiscal Rules and the Politics of Austerity

Forthcoming in Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 22.2 (Summer 2015)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 67 (244,014)

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48.

Migration: The Real Challenges. Review of 'Exodus' by Paul Collier.

Public Administration Review, Forthcoming, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-7
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 66 (195,300)

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49.

A Fragile State: Canadian Federal Public Administration in the Twentieth Century

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, C. Dunn, ed., pp. 18-36, Oxford University Press, 2002
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 66 (273,462)
Citation 1

Abstract:

administrative history, bureaucratic development, Canada

50.

Building Resilience: Macrodynamic Constraints on Governmental Response to Crises

DESIGNING RESILIENCE FOR EXTREME EVENTS: SOCIOTECHNICAL APPROACHES, A. Boin, L. Comfort, C. Demchak, eds., Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press, Forthcoming , Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-23
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 62 (275,596)

Abstract:

crisis, bureaucracy, emergency response, militarization, federal government

51.

'Civic Discovery' as a Rhetorical Strategy

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 291-307, Spring 1995
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 60 (301,180)

Abstract:

public management, legitimation, legitimacy, rhetoric

52.

Orcon Creep: Networked Governance, Information Sharing, and the Threat to Government Accountability

Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 21, Vol. 3, pp. 249-267, July 2004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 60 (291,512)

Abstract:

freedom of information, right to information, government secrecy, information sharing, national security, networks, networked governance

53.

Retrenchment and Freedom of Information: Recent Experience Under Federal, Ontario, and British Columbia Law

Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 422-451, Winter 1999
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 59 (291,512)

Abstract:

freedom of information, right to information, access to information, government secrecy, retrenchment, downsizing, restructuring

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The Brownlow-Brookings Feud: The Politics of Dissent within the Academic Community

Journal of Policy History, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 311-340, Summer 1995
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 58 (284,539)

Abstract:

public administration, reorganization, New Deal, rhetoric, Roosevelt, science, rhetoric

55.

Limited Access: Assessing the Health of Canada's Freedom of Information Laws

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 25 Jun 2012
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 57 (280,037)

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56.

Transparency in the Security Sector

THE RIGHT TO KNOW: TRANSPARENCY FOR AN OPEN WORLD, pp. 309-336, Ann Florini, ed., Columbia University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 57 (289,220)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Transparency, Openness, Right to Information, National Security

57.

Extensions Under the Access to Information Act

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 Feb 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 56 (303,676)

Abstract:

right to information, access to information, freedom of information, implementation, enforcement

58.

A Future of 'Endemic Failure'? Review of 'Why Government Fails So Often' by Peter Schuck

Forthcoming in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-40
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 54 (257,061)

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59.

A New Age of Uncertainty

Introduction to Special Issue of Governance, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 2012, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 12-03
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2012
David Coen and Alasdair S. Roberts
University College London - Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy and University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 54 (284,539)
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60.

Selling the Goods and Services Tax: Government Advertising and Public Discourse in Canada

Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 221-230, 1995
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Apr 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts and Jonathan Rose
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy and Queen's University
Downloads 54 (296,253)

Abstract:

government advertising, government communications, propaganda

61.

Harris' Mirage: The Positive Service State

Public Administration Review, Forthcoming, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 09-35
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 54 (314,253)

Abstract:

Public Administration, United States, administrative development

62.

The Limits of Sensible Centrism: Review of 'It's Even Worse Than It Looks' by Mann and Ornstein

Public Administration Review, 74.6 (November/December 2014), pp. 804-806
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2016
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 51 (265,132)

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63.

The Informational Commons at Risk

RECOVERING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: MOVING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MARKET AND THE STATE, Daniel Drache and Richard Higgott, eds., pp. 175-201, London: Routledge Publishers, 2001
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 51 (319,836)

Abstract:

information policy, neoliberalism, access to information

64.

Book Review: Democracy in Retreat: The Revolt of the Middle Class and the Worldwide Decline of Representative Government. By Joshua Kurlantzick. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

International Public Management Review, 16.1 (2015), Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-41
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 50 (184,641)

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65.

The Rise and Fall of Discipline: Economic Globalization, Administrative Reform, and the Financial Crisis

Public Administration Review, Forthcoming, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 10-52
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2010
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 46 (337,487)
Citation 1

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66.

Issues Associated with the Implementation of Governmentwide Performance Monitoring

Measuring Government Performance in the Delivery of Services, Anwar Shah, ed., World Bank Operations Evaluation Division, 2002
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 38 (346,855)

Abstract:

government-wide performance monitoring, performance plans, performance reports

67.

Lockbox Government: Segregated Funding Strategies and the Decline of Governmental Flexibility

Governance, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 105-134, 2002
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 37 (363,355)

Abstract:

restructuring, reinvention, budgeting, quangos, agencification

68.

Smarter than We Look: Review of 'The Confidence Trap' by David Runciman

Acta Politica, Forthcoming, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-38
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 23 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 34 (340,449)

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69.

Constraints on the U.S. Response to the 9/11 Attacks

COMMUNICABLE CRISES: PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, Deborah E. Gibbons, ed., pp. 299-319, Information Age Publishing, 2007
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 33 (370,345)

Abstract:

United States, 9/11, national security, crisis response

70.

The Limits of Control: The Market State, Divided Power, and the Response to 9/11

International Public Management Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, Fall 2006
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Apr 2009
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 28 (397,484)

Abstract:

policy change, 9/11, United States, national security, crisis response

71.

In the Eye of the Storm? Societal Aging and the Future of Public Service Reform

Public Administration Review, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 720-733, November/December 2003
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 28 (389,280)
Citation 1

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aging, budgeting, deficits, reinvention, restructuring, public sector, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

72.

Worrying About Misconduct: The Control Lobby and the PS 2000 Reforms

Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 489-523, Winter 1997
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Dec 2008
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
Downloads 27 (401,881)
Citation 1

Abstract:

restructuring, reinvention, bureaucratic reform, politics of reform, political economy of reform

73.

How American Democracy Learns from Crisis (КАК АМЕРИКАНСКАЯ ДЕМОКРАТИЯ УЧИТСЯ НА КРИЗИСАХ)

In Democracies XXI: A Paradigm Shift. Moscow: ISEPR Foundation, 2015. pp. 124-153
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Jun 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
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74.

Promoting Fiscal Openness

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 May 2015 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
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75.

The Aims of Public Administration: Reviving the Classical View

Forthcoming in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2017
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
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Public Administration, intellectual history, Public Management, International Relations, Statebuilding, American Political Development

76.

Globalization and the Growth of Executive Power: An Old Story

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2017, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2016
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
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Globalization, executive power, separation of powers, United States

77.

Case Studies in Innovation at FEMA, NASA, OSHA and the FDA

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Oct 2015
Alasdair S. Roberts
University of Massachusetts Amherst - School of Public Policy
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innovation, organizational change, leadership, federal government

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