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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Read MorePM'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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Read MoreLondon, Saturday 1st August: one of those weird moments when glum silence is the most sensible reaction. A colleague telephoned to spill the bad news. ‘This morning, in a preliminary statement before the highest court of the Islamic Republic of...
Read MoreJohn Keane is guest of Riz Khan at Al Jazeera's One on One 6 July - 2009 If you can not see the video please go to this webpage here...
Read MoreHow 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreJohn Keane discusses why he wrote THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DEMOCRACY. ...
Read MoreBBC RADIO 3, 21:15, 11 June 2009, Rana Mitter talked with John Keane on democracy's future. Susannah Clapp has the first review of The National Theatre's production of Phedre, in which Helen Mirren stars as the eponymous tragic Greek heroine destroyed...
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