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- 1941-2002 (Produção)
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39 boxes
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John Keane studied at the universities of Adelaide, Toronto and Cambridge. He is currently Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), where his main research focus is the theory and history of democracy. In 1989 he founded the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. In 1999 Professor Keane wrote an authorised biography of Václav Havel. He also currently researches fear and politics; nationality, citizenship and civil society; secularism; and the future of representative government.
Publications include:
Tom Paine: a political life (1995)
Reflections on Violence (London: Verso, 1996)
Václav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts (London: Bloomsbury, 1999)
Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Life and Death of Democracy (London: Simon and Schuster, 2009)
Source: Professor Keane's homepage and his webpages at the University of Westminster Department of Politics and International Relations and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
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GB 0369 KNE 1941-2002 Collection (fonds) 39 boxes Keane , John , b 1949 , Professor of Politics
John Keane studied at the universities of Adelaide, Toronto and Cambridge. He is currently Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), where his main research focus is the theory and history of democracy. In 1989 he founded the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. In 1999 Professor Keane wrote an authorised biography of Václav Havel. He also currently researches fear and politics; nationality, citizenship and civil society; secularism; and the future of representative government.
Publications include:
Tom Paine: a political life (1995)
Reflections on Violence (London: Verso, 1996)
Václav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts (London: Bloomsbury, 1999)
Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Life and Death of Democracy (London: Simon and Schuster, 2009)
Source: Professor Keane's homepage and his webpages at the University of Westminster Department of Politics and International Relations and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
Deposited at SSEES Library as a gift
The papers chiefly consist of background research and notes to publications especially to Professor Keane's work 'Václav Havel: a Political Tragedy in Six Acts' (1999), and include background research and draft chapters.
Additionally, the archive includes notes and offprint articles relating to nationalism and citizenship; fear and politics; democracy; as well as the general background to political change in Czechoslovakia, including Charter 77, the Velvet Revolution, and the Velvet Divorce leading to the foundation of the Czech and Slovak republics.
The papers are arranged in four series: articles and research regarding Czechoslovakia; papers relating to Václav Havel; articles on political theory; correspondence.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.
Czech; English
An online catalogue for this collection is available. Please type KNE into the search field to find the catalogue.
Sep 2009 Politics Nationalism Democracy Keane , John , b 1949 , Professor of Politics Czechoslovakia Political doctrines Political science Political systems Europe
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Deposited at SSEES Library as a gift
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The papers chiefly consist of background research and notes to publications especially to Professor Keane's work 'Václav Havel: a Political Tragedy in Six Acts' (1999), and include background research and draft chapters.
Additionally, the archive includes notes and offprint articles relating to nationalism and citizenship; fear and politics; democracy; as well as the general background to political change in Czechoslovakia, including Charter 77, the Velvet Revolution, and the Velvet Divorce leading to the foundation of the Czech and Slovak republics.
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The papers are arranged in four series: articles and research regarding Czechoslovakia; papers relating to Václav Havel; articles on political theory; correspondence.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Condiçoes de reprodução
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.
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- inglês
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- latim
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Czech; English
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An online catalogue for this collection is available. Please type KNE into the search field to find the catalogue.
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- inglês