Democracy: much more than pressing buttons and ticking boxes on ballot papers
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18
April
2023
Podcasts, Videos and Interviews
America, America: John Keane’s contribution to an ABC Radio National debate about the dangers of despotism in the US and its declining empire
ABC Big Ideas - The state of America, broadcasted on Tue 11 Apr 2023 at 8:00pm The rise of far-right extremism, conflicts over gun law reform, widening economic gaps, and former President Donald Trump's continued push for influence. Are polarising polemics...
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11
April
2023
Why the Regression? A Global Perspective’, speech delivered to the International Forum on Democracy
'Why the Regression? A Global Perspective', speech delivered to the International Forum on Democracy: the Case of Mexico, Mexico City, 30 March 2023. ...
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30
March
2023
A Terrible War of Attrition: Perils of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
By John Keane, originally published on Substack The following comments on the Ukraine-Russia war are my replies to questions submitted in advance by Money FM 89.3, Singapore’s flagship 24-hour radio station, for an interview with Breakfast presenter Lynlee Foo, 24th February...
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24
February
2023
John Keane
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‘Modernity and Expertise: Western Perspectives’, Chinese Social Sciences Today
By JOHN KEANE Some of you will know that in the 19th century, in Europe in the Atlantic region, the “expert” came to mean someone who was a man of knowledge, someone who had a full grasp of the facts of...
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01
September
2022
John Keane
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Understanding and Coping with Uncertainties in a Mediated Society: An Interview with Liu Moxiao
Journalism and Mass Communication (Beijing) August 2022 View PDF in Chinese...
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31
August
2022
Interview with David Bevan, ABC Radio Adelaide, 3 February 2022
Interview with David Bevan, ABC Radio Adelaide, 3 February 2022 [audio mp3="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JOhn-Keane.mp3"][/audio]...
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18
March
2022
A brief history of expertise, and its growing importance for democracy, Fundacion Giner (Madrid)
10 March 2021 ‘Breve historia del conocimiento experto, y su creciente importancia para la democracia’ ‘A brief history of expertise, and its growing importance for democracy’ This is part of the online seminar "Liberal democracy/digital democracy"...
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01
December
2021
The origin of democracy name, Al Sharq Academia
Originally published on Al Sharq Academia...
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01
December
2021
‘The Rise of Autocracy’ AFA Podcast (Sydney October 2021)
This episode explores the challenge for Australia as it enters a new era, in which China’s international sway increases and democracies compete with their rivals for global influence. Join Jonathan Pearlman and guests John Keane and Linda Jaivin. Background reading: John Keane, “Enter...
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27
November
2021