Neglected for a generation, a troublesome political question is back : when should young people be able to vote for candidates in elections? Conservative peer Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall recently tabled a Private Members Bill in the Lords....
Read MoreDrawn from lectures originally delivered at the Institute for Management and Planning, Teheran, 5th May 2004 and (in revised form) at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), 14th July 2004. The Sovereign People? Among the most taken-for-granted propositions when discussing democracy...
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Read MoreMention 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...
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