Professor 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 MoreSince new citizens cannot be created all at once, you must begin by making use of those who exist, and to offer a new path for their hopes is the way to make them want to follow it…...
Read More229 pp. New York : The Modern Library, Random House. $21.95 A Book Review by John Keane From New England comes the old joke about a high school history lesson. Teacher : ‘Why did the Puritans leave England for America?' A pupil :...
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 MoreA Place for All? Comparing Civil Societies in Scotland and Northern Ireland , Wednesday 8th September 2004 Some months ago, atop a red double-decker bus near my home in north London, I overheard a mother reprimand her young teenage son, who...
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....
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