The State of Democracies Around the World
John Keane
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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 over its contested elections and wait to see what happens in Iraq, not to mention the fall out over the MP’s expenses scandal in Britain, is democracy still wishful thinking?