John Keane's Books
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The Life and Death of DemocracyA sweeping, magisterial one-volume history of a much misunderstood, maligned and sometimes abused concept: democracy.Read More
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The Australian, August 31, 2009
...said. Mr Rudd said he bought books 'about every weekend'. He is currently reading the Australian-born political theorist John Keane's biography of the American revolutionary Tom Paine. Mr Rudd thought he paid 'probably $29 or $39' for the book, with 'the...
Telegraph, August 1, 2009
...hardback) novel; the benefits of the electric shaver weighed up against those offered by the kudos of flashing John Keane's hefty, 900-page Life and Death of Democracy from your sun lounger. For one in three of us uses a book as the literary equivalent...
Telegraph, July 31, 2009
...hardback) novel; the benefits of the electric shaver weighed up against those offered by the kudos of flashing John Keane's hefty, 900-page Life and Death of Democracy from your sun lounger. For one in three of us uses a book as the literary equivalent...
Telegraph, July 31, 2009
...hardback) novel; the benefits of the electric shaver weighed up against those offered by the kudos of flashing John Keane's hefty, 900-page Life and Death of Democracy from your sun lounger. For one in three of us uses a book as the literary equivalent...
Camden New Journal, July 23, 2009
...John Keane?s new book tells the story of democracy ? from the racy myth of its origins in Ancient Greece to the shifting model of the post-war world order, writes...
Brisbane Times, June 19, 2009
...on the woeful turn-out in this month's European elections, the Australian political theorist and democracy guru professor John Keane advocated his homeland's model of compulsory voting. When his advice was sought on the parliamentary expenses scandal, or...
Brisbane Times, June 19, 2009
...on the woeful turn-out in this month's European elections, the Australian political theorist and democracy guru professor John Keane advocated his homeland's model of compulsory voting. When his advice was sought on the parliamentary expenses scandal, or...
Muhlberger's Early History, December 18, 2009
...up a while ago. Here's my review, exclusive to this site. Uneven but provocative A review of John Keane, The Life and Death of Democracy John Keane ends his massive history of democracy with a chapter called New Democratic Rules, in which he discusses...
slackbastard, October 19, 2009
...Democracy | The Australian Centre For Fraternalism, Secret Societies and Mateship | The Life and Death of Democracy , John Keane, 2009 | The Society of the Different: Part 1: The Center of the World , Interview with Gustavo Esteva (September 6/7, 2005),...
David Peter, July 31, 2009
...I am always a little wary of other people’s recommendations for summer reading, always wondering whether those recommendations are provoked and propelled by avaricious publishers or similar vested interests. So I am in no way recommending what...
