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Stretching the limits of Democratic Imagination

Chapter appeared in Joseph H. Carens, Democracy and Possessive Individualism. The Intellectual Legacy of C.B.Macpherson, 1993, pp. 105-135 PDF...

14 January 1993

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Nations, Nationalism, and the European Citizen

CSD Perspectives, No. 2 Autumn 1993 EARLY MODERN ORIGINS What is a nation? Do nations have a right to self-determination? If so, does that mean that the national identity of citizens is best guaranteed by a system of democratic government, in which power...

12 January 1993

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Dictatorship and the Decline of Parliament: Carl Schmitt’s Theory of Political Sovereignty

The Age of Liberalism The Spiritual Crisis of Parliament The Total State First Principles of Parliament? Pre-liberal Parliaments Par1iarnentary Government as Utopia Reforming Parliament Dictatorship and Parliament Parliament and Socialism Notes Nowadays the representative system is associated with the republican form of state. But originally it arose in monarchies,...

11 January 1993

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Power-Sharing Islam?

Chapter in Azzam Tamimi (ed.) Power-Sharing Islam?published by Liberty for Muslim World Publications, 1993, (pp. 15-31) Click here to view scanned excerpt in PDF format...

10 January 1993

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Risks and Reversals

Excerpt from Chapter 5 pp. 173-82 'Democracy, Risks and Reversals' in John Keanes book 'The Media and Democracy' Polity Press, 1991. Click here to read PDF...

09 January 1991

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New perspectives on social movements

An interview with Alberto Melucci, 1991, pp. 180-233, From Alberto Melucci, Nomads of the Present - Social Movements and Individual Needs in Contemporary Society, edited by John Keane and Paul Mier. Click here to read excerpt scanned in PDF format...

08 January 1991

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Liberty of the Press

In John Keane's, The Media and Democracy. Polity Press, 1991. Chapter 1, pp. 1-51 This chapter has been scanned and it is available for download in PDF image format. In order to facilitate the download, the document has been cut in sections....

01 January 1991

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Just War

BBC Radio 4's Melvyn Bragg discusses the history and contemporary relevance of the idea of just war with John Keane and Niall Ferguson. Alternatively visit the BBC Radio 4 website...

03 June 1990

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The Polish Laboratory

New Left Review I/179, January/February 1990 pp. 103-110 Warsaw. Wednesday December 7th. The eighth anniversary of martial law approaches. Foul-smelling fog blankets the city. The battered Russian-made taxi which fetches me from the airport clatters down potholed roads. Rows of grey apartment...

07 January 1990