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...
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 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 MoreA talk delivered by John Keane in Universitat Jaume I Castellon (Spain) on February 5, 2009 Synopsis in Spanish El professor de Política de la Universitat de Westminster i del Wissenschaftszentrum Berlín, John Keane, va impartir el dijous 5 de febrer de...
Read MoreTalk delivered at the the Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain, 5 February 2009. Necesita tener el Flash Player // -> Read the Spanish translation of the presentation here -> Read a 'review' of this lecture as appeared in El Mercantil...
Read MoreSenate Occasional Lecture, Parliament House, Canberra, Friday August 28th 2009 We live in an age of communicative abundance. As in every previous communication revolution, new products and processes—satellite broadcasting, iPhones, electronic books, tweets, cloud computing—have spawned fascination, fear and trembling, excitement,...
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