Democracies’ bloody beginnings
Published in the Sydney Ideas Quarterly, December 2009....
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December
2009
Democracy in the 21st Century
John Keane
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The life and times of democracy
An interview with John Keane in The Courier, Dundee, Scotland. 2 December 2009 Click here to read in PDF format...
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02
December
2009
John Keane
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Otra tesis acerca de la filosofia de la historia
This 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...
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02
November
2009
John Keane
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Will democracy survive?
Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke Inside Story There are some shocks in John Keane’s latest book, The Life and Death of Democracy. First, he punctures the “democracy started in Athens” myth – “assembly democracy,”...
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September
2009
John Keane
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What’s So Good About Democracy?
We fight wars to defend it, vote to uphold it and pride ourselves upon it. But what's so good about democracy? In this wide ranging talk, Professor John Keane, author of "The Life and Death of Democracy", discusses the history of...
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04
September
2009
John Keane
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Where to, Democracy? John Keane in conversation with Lindsay Tanner
In this conversation with Lindsay Tanner MP, John Keane addresses some of the misunderstandings and misconceptions of democracy and looks to its future, in Australia and abroad. Melbourne Writers Festival, August 2009 See the original link here...
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August
2009
John Keane
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The State of Democracies Around the World
Late Night Live Democracy: "the invention was a potent form of wishful thinking that is still with us today" so says the scholar John Keane. As we wait for the results from Afghanistan's recent elections; observe the passionate protests in Iran...
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August
2009
John Keane
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Is democracy dead? in PM’s ABC Australia
PM's ABC Australia In the words of Winston Churchill, "democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." That implies, of course, that democracy is just one thing, when its history indicates that it has been...
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August
2009
John Keane
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Parliamentary Reform
How much Parliamentary reform and change does our democracy need and can our politicians stomach it? Professor of Politics John Keane from the University of Westminster looks at the options. Watch Here...
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June
2009
John Keane
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Examining the Bill for the Royals
The cost of the monarchy to the taxpayer last year was £41m and Palace accounts also showed that the Queen dipped into a reserve fund to boost her civil list income by £6m. Professor of Politics John Keane considers...
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June
2009