The Times Higher Education Supplement, 4/11/2005 Cambridge University, Press, 305pp, £45.00 and £16.99. Systematic reflection on the transition to democracy - on the problem of how democratic institutions can be built and sustained - came relatively late in the history of democracy....
Read MoreProfessor Keane was invited by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy: Taiwan Thinktank to deliver a lecture on "The Challenge to Democratic Consolidation" in May 31, 2005 , and discussed the relevance and future of democracy in Taiwan. Read below some excerpts...
Read MoreProfessor Keane talks at Taiwan Thinktank of "the Challenge to Democratic Consolidation" and discusses the relevance and future of democracy in Taiwan. Taiwan Think Tank, Taipei, 31 May 2005. Read the talk in Chinese in PDF ...
Read MoreBhikhu Parekh talks to John Keane about the Westminster model, the reform of the House of the Lords, and what he has learned since becoming a peer. This interview was conducted on 26 April 2005 and it was published in...
Read MoreOn the Need for New Thinking about an Aging Ideal A revised and expanded version of the B.N. Ganguli Memorial Lecture, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies , Delhi, 25 February 2005 The Democracy Thing From the sun-scorched vineyards of Kandahar...
Read MoreArticle in Grial, Revista Galega De Cultura, Número 167 Julio/agosto/septiembre 2005 View and read Spanish PDF format...
Read MoreLecture prepared for the II Encontros de Mondariz Balneario - Organized by Fundación Carlos Casares . Second Session - Tuesday 21st September 2004 The text of this lecture is in Spanish. O profesor John Keane é Catedrático de Teoría Política da Universidade de...
Read MoreDraft lecture prepared for the 9th Open Society Forum, Democracy in Europe, in America, in the World, 23 April 2004, Tallinn, Estonia. Systematic reflection on the transitions to democracy - on the problem of how democratic institutions can be built and...
Read MoreInstitute for Public Policy Research, London, 27 March 2002 Just over a decade ago, talk of the global triumph of democracy beamed around the world. Now, democracies everywhere are feeling the pinch. Enthusiasm is waning for politicians, parties and representative government....
Read MoreWe respect others' thought as a matter of principle. I believe that if I have the freedom to disagree with others then others have the freedom to disagree with me, and that dialogue will resolve the issue.___________________________________________ An interview with Grand...
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