Democracy and Its Enemies

Democracy and Its Enemies

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Global thinking about the decline and renewal of democracy, and why democracy really matters

About Professor John Keane

political thinker; lover of deserts; founder of CSD (London); professor; latest books The New Despotism (2020) and The Shortest History of Democracy (2022); nominated for the 2021 Balzan Prize and the Holberg Prize; forever young