An English synopsis of the PhD by Ramón Feenstra University Jaume I of Castellon (Spain) January 2010 INTRODUCTION There are essentially two basic reasons for the preeminent position that reflection on civil society has acquired among theorists of democracy today. The first of these is...
Read MoreFinal Public Lecture, Tom Paine 200 Celebrations, Thetford, 7 November 2009, Norfolk Summary Written during a period when the gap between rich and poor was fast widening in post-Jacobin France, Thomas Paine’s Agrarian Justice opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly (1795/6)...
Read MoreThis essay in Spanish appeared in the Revista Encuentros Uruguayos Año II, Número 2, Noviembre 2009, pp. 208-220 In English the text was published in James Tully (ed.), 1988, Meaning and Context: Quentin Skinner and His Critics, Princeton University Press. Chapter...
Read MoreEntry in the Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Books Springer Click here to read excerpt in PDF format...
Read MorePresentation for ‘Neglecting Children and Youth: Democracies at Risk’, a seminar held at The University of Sydney, 5 November 2008. -> Read lecture in PDF format -> The article is published as a book chapter in The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and...
Read MoreJOHN KEANE CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DEMOCRACY (CSD), UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER Y WISSENSCHAFTSZENTRUM BERLIN (WZB) Traducido por Ramón A. Feenstra Resumen El presente artículo constituye una reflexión sobre el concepto de sociedad civil, centrado en el debate sobre la idoneidad de...
Read MoreComments delivered by John Keane at the Conference ‘Aging, Family, Civil Society, Politics’, Dresden, 1st February 2008. Abstract With life expectancy continuing to rise steadily, questions concerning the social and political conditions of the elderly move to the centre of contemporary democratic...
Read MorePlenary session addressed by Professor John Keane during the Symposium : "Democracy: Contested Futures" 23 March 2004 at the Centre for Democracy Studies, Oxford Brookes University. The Centre ran a one-day symposium which looked at some the contemporary challenges and issues related...
Read MoreIn John Keane (Editor), 2006, Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives, Oxford / New York, Berghahn Books Sanctuaries of Freedom Among the sadly neglected themes within recent research on civil societies is their intimate connection with urban life. Its absence from the literature on...
Read MoreLecture prepared for the II Encontros de Mondariz Balneario - Organized by Fundación Carlos Casares . Second Session - Tuesday 21st September 2004 The text of this lecture is in Spanish. O profesor John Keane é Catedrático de Teoría Política da Universidade de...
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