Articles by Keith Cherry

May 18, 2023

🦋 Studying democratic multiplicity democratically

Keith Cherry
James Tully, Keith Cherry, David Owen and Pablo Ouziel explain how different conceptions of democracy can be grouped into 'families of democracies'. Thrillingly, they show how different families can 'join hands' and work together to establish an ecosocial succession that benefits everyone
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Keith Cherry
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta

Keith is a settler academic and activist living on unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.

He is currently a Killam Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta, a graduate fellow at the University of Victoria’s Central for Global Studies, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta’s Centre for Constitutional Studies, and a fellow at the Cedar Trees Institute.

Keith’s interdisciplinary research blends political science, law, economics and political philosophy.

His research interests include legal pluralism, decolonisation, and agonistic politics with a focus on Canada and the European Union.

Keith’s PhD dissertation offered a comparative analysis of pluralism in Canada and the European Union.

His postdoctoral research focuses on grassroots conceptions of pluralism and the emerging discourse of 'land back', asking activists who participated in blockades in support of the Wet'suwet'en in 2020 how they are thinking about decolonisation, pluralism, and 'reconciliation'.

Keith has taught courses on European integration, law, legal ethics and settler colonialism, and has published on European, Canadian and transnational politics.

He is also active in non-violent direct action in support of Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice.

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