Keynote by John Keane Full conference in Spanish Media reports in Spanish 6 July 2023 | Daniel GascÓn, 'El Parlamento y la vigilancia', El pais (Madrid) 1 July 2023 | Alvaro Caballero, 'Keane: "Necesitaremos los valores de Alfonso IX para enfrentarnos a los problemas...
Read MoreBy John Keane, originally published on PSA Parliaments During the past two decades, more than a few green-minded scholars have championed ‘deliberative democracy’1 or ‘deliberative ecological democracy’, understood as ‘decentralised, organic and grassroots democratic practices that embody ecological values and give greater...
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Originally published on Eurozine, 7 August 2023 The original assembly in 12th century Spain was not a space for popular democracy, but for tough bargaining and long distance government. After 800 years of evolution and facing civilizational challenges, parliaments need to...
Read MoreJohn Keane, 'The Throttling of Tunisian Democracy', The Nation (New York), May 24 2023 Rachid Ghannouchi’s unjust imprisonment is an ominous sign for the enemies of despotism. The halting promise of democratic reform in the Arab world is facing new challenges—particularly in...
Read MoreLink - 'Democracy as Disruption, the Friend of Contingency, a Source of Fresh Beginnings', interview with To Vima (Athens), 17 May 2023 Τζον Κιν: «Η δημοκρατία είναι πρόκληση για το status quo» Ο αυστραλός καθηγητής του Πανεπιστημίου του Σίδνεϊ και του Κέντρου Κοινωνικών...
Read MoreABC Big Ideas - The state of America, broadcasted on Tue 11 Apr 2023 at 8:00pm The rise of far-right extremism, conflicts over gun law reform, widening economic gaps, and former President Donald Trump's continued push for influence. Are polarising polemics...
Read MoreCGTN video series on democracy in the 21st century, with Wang Zhongyuan (Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Shanghai), March 2023 Technology a double-edged sword to democracy Modern democracy and its alienation ...
Read MoreA reductionist definition of democracy as ‘people power’ fails to grasp democracy’s political evolution as guarantee against tyranny. Giving a voice to the biosphere extends this principle and is not to negate democracy’s own conditions. I thank James Miller for his commentary on...
Read More'How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow', Eurozine (Vienna), 21 February 2023 Related posts: Bloodless democracy? A response to John Keane by James Miller, Eurozine (Vienna), 28 February 2023 http://www.johnkeane.net/people-power-a-reply-to-james-miller/ A Spanish translation of 'How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow' Letras libres (May 2023) Sudden death...
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