David Stavasage, The Decline and Rise of Democracy: a Global History From Antiquity to Today Princeton University Press: Princeton and Oxford, 2020), 424 pp., ISBN: 978-0691228976 Democracy and its unknowns A short story by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges tells of an...
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When democratically elected governments cease to be held accountable by a society weakened by poor health, low morale and joblessness, demagogues are prone to blindness and ineptitude HOW DO DEMOCRACIES die? The old question has a new urgency because global surveys are...
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Monitory democracyLa politica ha bisogno di molta immaginazione per resistere al populismo degli ultimi anni Eugenio Giannetta John Keane, docente dell’Università di Sidney e consigliere per le Nazioni Unite ci spiega perché i partiti tradizionali devono cambiare approccio ed essere più creativi per...
Read MoreThe interview was originally published on Avvenire (Rome). Intervista. Il politologo John Keane: in democrazia serve umiltà Alessandro Zaccuri martedì 16 marzo 2021 Secondo il filosofo «l’attuale crisi dei processi di rappresentanza può essere affrontata consolidando e moltiplicando gli organismi di controllo partecipativo, che fanno...
Read MoreDecoding the new Chinese empire John Keane, Australian Foreign Affairs 11 (February 2021) When future historians look back on our discordant times, they will surely note an epochal shift of global importance: the return of China, after nearly two centuries of humiliation,...
Read MoreDesperacja despotów Prof. John Keane, politolog, o tym, jak ustrój państwa i jakość przywódców wpływają na skuteczność walki z pandemią. JACEK ŻAKOWSKI: – Czego o naszych demokracjach dowiedzieliśmy się przez rok pandemii? JOHN KEANE: – To już rok? 7 stycznia 2020 r. Chiny...
Read More10th June 2010 Do we still need enlightenment values? John Keane, Nigel Warburton, Robert Rowland Smith and Matthew Taylor argue for their ideal enlightenment values for the 21st century. Originally published on The RSA ...
Read MoreUusdespotismi pealetung ja demokraatia tulevik John Keane: „Populismile omaselt kerkivad esile reeglina meessoost demagoogid, kes kuulutavad enese fiktiivse „suveräänse“ rahva avatarideks. Need jõumehed on justkui rahva kõhurääkijad.“ MARI-LIIS JAKOBSON, TÕNIS SAARTS, JOONATAN NÕGISTO Sel kevadtalvel väisas Tallinna ülikooli ühiskonnateaduste instituudi korraldatud konverentsi „Ärevad...
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Sensationalism has focused on fistfights over toilet rolls, but the real story is the withdrawal of democratic oversight, and how little public resistance there is to the declaration of martial law. Power granted is power conceded; and power relinquished is...
Read MoreGOST KOLUMNIST: John Keane: Demokracija i Velika pošast Autor: Nacional Image by Nina Wang Može biti da ‘demokratske’ osobine ovog vrlo zaraznog virusa, njegova izvanredna sposobnost da bez ikakve diskriminacije napadne bilo koga, bilo gdje, od Harveyja Weinsteina, Borisa Johnsona do princa Charlesa, umanjuju...
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