On 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...
Read MoreOn The Retirement of Václav Havel from Political Life (Published in Czech in Lidové noviny, Prague, 1 February 2003) In recent weeks, here on the western shores of Europe, foreign news desks have been reporting that the Czech polity is having trouble...
Read MoreIn David Marquand and Ronald L. Nettler (eds) Religion and Democracy, pp. 5–19. 2000, Oxford: Blackwell Publisher. Series: Political Quarterly Special Issues. 100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private...
Read MoreAn interview with John Keane, from CSD Bulletin Volume 7 No. 1, Winter 1999-2000 The following interview, originally conducted for the CSD Bulletin Volume 7 No. 1, Winter 1999-2000 , provides an introduction to John Keane's life and writings.) By Patrick Burke...
Read MoreJohn Keane interviews Francis Fukuyama and asks him if the wake proved premature. Source: 'The Weekend Review', The Independent, June 19, 1999 The 'end of history' made a star of Francis Fukuyama. John Keane meets him to ask if the wake proved premature. History...
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