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Since 1945, the language and institutions of democracy have taken root in so many different geographic contexts that more than a few presuppositions of democratic theory have been invalidated. As democracy spread through the world, the world has made its mark on democracy, even though the metamorphosis remains largely unregistered in the Atlantic-centred literature on democracy….
A Human Face in Prague – A conversation with Václav Havel
An interview conducted by Erica Blair (AKA John Keane), Prague, 1986. Click here to read scanned interview in PDF format
The Legacy of Max Weber
By John Keane, Public Life and Late Capitalism,Cambridge University Press, 1984. Chapter 2, pp. 30-69. This chapter has been scanned and it is available for download in PDF format More information about this book, including excerpts and notes can be viewed here.
Reflections on the welfare state and the future of capitalism
An interview with Claus Offe, conducted by David Held and John Keane. London and Wassenaar, November-December 1982. From Claus Offe, Contradictions of the Welfare State, Edited by John Keane; interview pp. 275-299. The file is divided in two parts: PDF Part 1 for pages 252-275 – PDF Part 2 for pages 276-299