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At knife’s edge: elections and democracy in Thailand

The future shape of Thailand is up for grabs, and if democracy survives, it won't resemble the 'Washminster' system that the West is used to, writes John Keane. [caption id="attachment_7792" align="alignnone" width="700"] Anti-government protesters march in Bangkok on January 17, 2014....

21 January 2014

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Thoughts on Democracy in Japan

When visiting Tokyo last week for the launch of the Japanese edition of The Life and Death of Democracy, it was pure coincidence, or sweet and sour serendipity, that the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe steamrolled through parliament a controversial...

14 December 2013

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Lou Reed and rock ‘n’ roll democracy

Vibrant democracies need sharp-angled and unceremonious characters like Lou Reed who can rail against imperiousness and conformity, writes John Keane. [caption id="attachment_9170" align="alignnone" width="741"] PHOTO: Lou Reed embodied detached cool and passionate anger. (Tracey Nearmy: AAP)[/caption] It's said often that democracy requires...

17 November 2013

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Japanese translation of ‘The Life and Death of Democracy’

News of the 2013 Japanese translation of John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy Download Flyer...

13 November 2013

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Is Democracy not for everyone?

Is Democracy Not For Everyone? John Keane at the Sydney Opera House for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013 ...

31 October 2013

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Monitory Democracy

Talk delivered at the the Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain, 5 February 2009 ...

31 October 2013

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WikiLeaks’ rotten twist of fate

The following words on the subject of secrets and politics were spoken at a recent Sydney public symposium, organised by my colleague Benedetta Brevini, Beyond Wikileaks (8th October 2013). There are three sensitive secrets I’d like to reveal about the topical...

30 October 2013

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Middle class protest and democracy: Fukuyama and Keane

The political turmoil around the world has a common theme—that democracies are failing to address the rising expectations of the affluent and educated middle class. Professor Francis Fukuyama and Professor John Keane speak to Dr. Norman Swan about what the...

18 September 2013

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Can Democracy Survive a Shrinking Middle Class?

‘No bourgeois, no democracy’ is the racy formulation penned half a century ago by the American historian Barrington Moore Jr. It’s a well-known political maxim, one that’s often used in support of the view that to be middle class is...

05 September 2013

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Has democracy reached a tipping point?

A recent poll by the Lowy Institute suggests many young Australians are ambivalent about the virtues of democracy, while leading democracy scholar John Keane warns that democracy has reached a ‘tipping point’ similar to the 1930s. Three political thinkers give us...

20 August 2013

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