Mention the two words social democracy and most people today think of business-friendly governments, welfare states in far-off Scandinavia and champagne socialists sporting pink shirts. Read full article in PDF format...
Read MoreAn interview about 'The Life and Death of Democracy' with 2UE's Cliver Robertson in Sydney To view more interviews and apperances for the launch of the Australian book tour please click here. ...
Read MoreAt the Byron Bay Writers Festival, in conversation with Griffith Review Editor Julianne Schultz, Professor John Keane talks us through the rise and fall of democracies and empires, from a primarily historical perspective. Big Ideas (ABC) Original Link here From the very first...
Read MoreOne of the world's foremost experts on the history of democratic government has delivered a scathing verdict on the Australian election campaign. John Keane is himself an Australian, but over the last three decades has been teaching overseas, with professorships in...
Read MorePublished in The Monthly, July 2010 Last month’s hung election in Britain confirms a basic rule of modern politics: whenever markets fail representative democracy falters. Not just in Britain but throughout the European Union the near-collapse of the credit and banking system is producing...
Read MoreDr. Bridget Cotter interviews John Keane, 9 June - CSD Bulletin, Summer 2010 John Keane discusses the reception of The Life and Death of Democracy in an interview with Bridget Cotter. This interview was published in the CSD Bulletin, Summer, 2010,...
Read MoreSydney Morning Herald 26-Apr-2010 Page: 9; This is an edited extract from an essay by John Keane, published in the Griffith Review. PDF...
Read MoreThe Weekend Australian Magazine November 13-14, 2010 PDF...
Read MoreThis reply was published in the March 2010 issue of The Monthly John Keane's comments are rich in a variety of points, all meritingresponse, but I shall focus on their main thrust only in the short space offered me here. I am...
Read MoreA Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Value PDF Bloomsbury, London, Berlin and New York, 2009 ; ISBN 978 1 4088 0242 7 This book review appeared in The Monthly (February 2010) Review's abstract: The latest book of essays by the English liberal philosopher A.C....
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