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Alexis De Tocqueville's "Analysis Of Democracy In America", 1972.
This paper discusses the organization and history of Alexis De Tocqueville's "Analysis Of Democracy In America" and focuses on majority rule, lawyers & juries.
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"Often, we cannot impartially judge our political, social and cultural institutions from a position of within these institutions ("What knows he of England who only England knows?"). It takes an outside observer to define and evaluate the principles upon which we base our civilization.
During Andrew Jackson's second term as President, a Frenchman, Alexis de Toqueville, anxious to impress his own nation, in the midst of one of its characteristic political experiments, of the desirability and workability of representative democracy, travelled throughout the United States, studying and observing the political process in this country. His findings and conclusions were described in Democracy in America, first published in 1839. In this often-reprinted and retranslated work, Toqueville offers a remarkably perceptive view ... "
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?Democracy in America? by Alexis de Tocqueville, 2004.
This paper discusses ?Democracy in America? by Alexis de Tocqueville, which focuses on America?s socio-political landscape during the early 19th century.
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This paper explains that the most essential discussion in de Tocqueville?s ?Democracy in America? establishes that the country?s culture determines the ?practical philosophy? of American politics, as well as the establishment of a more egalitarian than libertarian society. The author points out that the social conditions of governing American politics are based on gender, religion, and even the dichotomy and differences that de Tocqueville raises between the Americans and Europeans. The paper relates that de Tocqueville?s thesis posits that people or Americans govern the country, and this socio-political order has both advantages and disadvantages that result in the development of a government that is called ?the tyranny of the majority.?
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"Social institutions are also an important force that forms the core of American politics. With stronger power and influence in politics, social institutions and groups in America have the authority to determine whose power will become dominant in the country. By studying the role that the mass media, particularly the press institution, plays in enforcing the authority of the majority in American politics, Tocqueville argues that in a country where mass media is a powerful institution affecting public opinion, ?Means must then be found to converse every day without seeing one another, and to take steps in common without having met. Thus hardly any democratic association can do without newspapers.? These, in general, are the forces that determine the nature of American politics as determined by Tocqueville in "Democracy in America"."
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"Democracy In America" ( Alexis De Tocqueville ), 1999.
Examines the views of this Frenchman on society, values and ideals, politics and the problems of the U.S. in the 1830s.
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One of the earliest analyses of American culture was that of Alexis de Tocqueville, who traveled the country in 1835 and 1840. In his Democracy in America, De Tocqueville reported on what Americans thought of themselves, and much of what he writes evokes the traditions and myths by which Americans are identified to this day.
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"One of the earliest analyses of American culture was that of Alexis de Tocqueville, who traveled the country in 1835 and 1840. In his Democracy in America, De Tocqueville reported on what Americans thought of themselves, and much of what he writes evokes the traditions and myths by which Americans are identified to this day. Among the traditions De Tocqueville cites about American society are the notion of rights for everyone, the public spirit of the people, and the general respect for law. He also addresses the question of the possibility of the tyranny of the majority and the ways in which this is mitigated as he writes: "But in the United States the majority which so frequently displays the tastes and the propensities of a despot, is still destitute of the more perfect instruments of tyranny" (De Tocqueville 261). De Tocqueville then shows how the minority is ..."
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"Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville, 2006.
This paper explains why Americans continue to reflect and quote from Tocqueville's classic book, "Democracy in America," which was written more than 150 years ago and how it's still relevant in today's society.
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This paper explores the reasons "Democracy in America" is repeatedly quoted as a commentator on life in America and why numerous politicians reference the book in speeches as well as political and presidential campaigns. The author goes on to explain why candidates and incumbents consequently turn to one of its most perceptive analysts, Tocqueville, as he mixes a gratitude towards democracy with an acknowledgement of its flaws. The book is often considered a major source for anyone who wants to better understand America. The paper also addresses the author's views on democracy, freedom and the role of the government.
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"The other danger Tocqueville acknowledged occurred when the people became so fixed in pursuit of material pleasures that they neglected their duties as citizens. "Under this system the citizens quit their state of dependence just long enough to choose their masters and then fall back into it."8 Democracy, then, could lead gently into a benign despotism, although there was no assurance that such a government would remain benign and much evidence to the contrary. In these elections, candidates typically remind the populace that voting is a key obligation as a way to preserve the essence of the democratic process. Candidates gradually begin to realize that the 21st century Tocquevillian America is not necessarily Republican, any more than Tocqueville's 1830s America inevitably voted for the Jacksonian Democrats. (The Whigs, when they escaped the thrall of their New England elites, won elections too, and in the 1990s Bill Clinton has shown that Democrats can win by convincing margins."
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"Democracy In America" ( Alexis De Tocqueville ), 1995.
A critical analysis of this 19th Century Frenchman's ideas on U.S. politics and society, focusing on the comparison between democracy and aristocracy.
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"By giving his study of American culture and mores the title Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville was calling attention to what he considered the most striking and dominant characteristic of American culture, namely democracy. In de Tocqueville's view, the scope of American democracy extended far beyond the specifics of a formally democratic political system. Indeed, by our standards, political democracy in the United States of the 1830s was distinctly limited; not only could slaves not vote, but nor in practice could free blacks, and nor could women. But to de Tocqueville, American democracy reached beyond the political sphere to embrace a very large part of American culture. Our education, our habits of thought, even our religion were all in his view shaped by deeply democratic impulses. Democracy, to de Tocqueville, was the great distinctive feature ..."
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Christianity in Tocqueville's American Democracy, 2008.
An analysis of the views of Alexis de Tocqueville regarding the role of Christianity in American society, as seen in his book, "Democracy in America."
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This paper discusses Alexis de Tocqueville's book, "Democracy in America," translated by Arthur Goldhammer. The paper discusses Tocquville's view that religion - and in particular, Christianity - acts as a buffer to individualism and materialism and their potentially adverse effects. It specifically looks at the role of Christianity in American society.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Spirit of Religion
Potential Problems in America's Nascent Democratic Society: Isolation and Individualism, and Extreme Materialism
Religion Counteracts the Potential Problems in America and Contributes Greatly to the Continued Prosperity of the Democracy
Conclusion
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"In Democracy in America, Tocqueville made it clear that although the equality of conditions in America has given the budding country much hope, it has also given the young democracy much to fear. Among the main problems that Tocqueville saw as inherent in American democracy are the country's isolationist tendencies (and, consequently, its inclination towards individualism), and its proclivity for an extreme form of materialism. According to Tocqueville, religion - and in particular, Christianity - acts as a buffer to individualism and materialism and their potentially adverse effects; moreover, Christianity additionally plays a "positive" role by contributing greatly to the well-being and prosperity of American society. In particular, Tocqueville claimed that Christianity's acceptance of its limits (e.g. by staying far removed from political concerns, and by being keenly observant of and sensitive to public opinion), as well as its ability to actively and successfully give moral guidance, make it the best religion for American democracy."
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Alexis De Tocqueville, 2002.
A look at Alexis De Tocqueville's view on democracy.
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This paper discusses the idea of democracy as given by Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote a comprehensive book on the democratic system of America. He was of the view that though American democratic system was working successfully, it still had some weaknesses, which should be addressed effectively.
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Alexis De Tocqueville in the 21st Century, 2006.
An essay on what Alexis De Tocqueville would have to say of America today.
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This paper compares the America of today to the America of Alexis De Tocqueville, claiming that were De Tocqueville alive today to see what America has become he would snicker at what he wrote about America being a society that gave equal opportunities to all.
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"Alexis De Tocqueville seemed smitten with the freedom and the lack of hereditary privilege he found in America in the first half of the nineteenth Century. What he saw then was a nation not bound by hereditary estates or titles, but supposedly gave equal opportunities to all. His revolution created Napoleon. The American Revolution produced the Constitution, Washington Jefferson and Madison."
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De Tocqueville, 2005.
An overview of Alexis de Tocqueville's work in relation to modern day crisis.
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This paper reviews the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville and how they might illuminate the nation-building effort now taking place in Iraq or the need to address the provision of disaster relief in the region of the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina. The paper continues by pointing out that these are two issues de Tocqueville knew nothing about but which do reflect certain elements in his analysis of American society.
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"One of the earliest analyses of American culture was that of Alexis de Tocqueville, a French visitor who traveled the country in 1835 and 1840 and commented on what he saw and experienced. What he writes raises issues of the meaning of democracy, the society that can support democracy, and some of the ways each may change over time. While De Tocqueville knew nothing of the nation-building effort now taking place in Iraq or the need to address the provision of disaster relief in the region of the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina, his ideas about how democracy works are cogent and applicable to the way the United States government is responding to each of these issues. The social condition of equality is the moving force and principle of democratic regimes, and for de Tocqueville this is the fundamental fact from which all others must be derived."
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Alexis de Tocqueville's America, 2005.
An examination of the philosophy of American religious and political thought, as presented by the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville.
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This paper examines how Alexis de Tocqueville describes through his literature, the philosophical strain of American religious and political thought in the mid 19th century as a philosophy of pantheism, pluralism, materialism and above all, of the tyranny of the American democratic majority.
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"Religion in America, Tocqueville suggested, and faith in America was not necessarily freely chosen, but determined upon by popular consensus as an alternative to the hierarchical dogma that predominated in European forms of faith. Material goods in the here and now rather than faith in the beyond were the American measure of a person's glory and socially isolates human beings, because this is what the common people responded to. "It must be acknowledged that equality, which brings great benefits into the world, nevertheless suggests to men (as will be shown hereafter) some very dangerous propensities. It tends to isolate them from one another, to concentrate every man's attention upon himself; and it lays open the soul to an inordinate love of material gratification.""
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De Tocqueville and Public Administration, 2001.
What Alexis de Tocqueville really thought about American public administration.
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Discusses Tocqueville's observations about public administration in the United States. Argues that Richard Stillman II incorrectly concludes that Tocqueville is condemning American administration. The paper asserts that Tocqueville understood that the weaknesses in American administration were "by design" in order to prevent tyranny and over-centralization.
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"Often times, it seems that the best critic is an outside observer? one who can offer plain insight without prideful bias. This is demonstrated by the fact that the best-known commentary on American politics and administration was written not by an American, but by a 26-year-old Frenchman by the name of Alexis de Tocqueville. As an outsider, he had a much clearer perspective than those around him and was able to more accurately report on both the strengths and weaknesses of the American system."
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Alexis de Tocqueville and Walt Whitman on America, 2003.
A comprehensive analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville and Walt Whitman perceptions of early America and their implications today.
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This paper provide a scholarly evaluation of Tocqueville's arguments about democratic culture in the United States, the perceptions of Walt Whitman in this regard, and their legacy for modern American culture. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"Originally visiting America to study prison reform, Alexis De Tocqueville quickly became fascinated by the lifestyle of the Americans. His Democracy in America addressed America's love for equality over freedom; materialism; religious mores; and the American educational system. His first-hand, insightful descriptions of the country in 1831-1832 from New York to New Orleans provide some contrasting portraits of the average American from a foreigner's perspective. For instance, intrigued by the everyday life of Americans De Tocqueville described the inside of one home in Tennessee in his diary as being one characterized by slothfulness and inattentiveness to the quality of living conditions, factors that were cited above and beyond the poverty noted and for which the latter could not completely account."
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Alexis De Tocqueville On Religion, 1997.
Examines theories on relationship between religious freedom & democracy, political philosophy, public opinion & individualism in U.S. in 19th Cent.
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"The focus of this paper is on Alexis de Tocqueville?s observations on religion in America and on how he developed them in his thinking about the role that religion can play in defending freedom in a democracy. The paper will consider some possible reasons why he may have been concerned about such questions, as well as why his observations and conclusions continue to be relevant for America today.
Biography of Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, Comte de Tocqueville, was born in Paris on July 29, 1805. He was a descendant of a proud Norman family that had been considered to be among the lesser nobility for many centuries. A Clerel had fought with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. His maternal grandfather, the Marquis of Rosambo, as well as other noble.."
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Mill, de Toqueville and Schmitt: Problems of Democracy, 2008.
A comparison of John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty", Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", and Carl Schmitt's "The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy".
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This paper discusses the problems of democracy as cited in three major works on the subject: John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty", Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", and Carl Schmitt's "The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy". The paper elaborates upon the views of Mill and de Tocqueville, who both believed that the tyranny of the majority was particularly worrisome in democracies, compared to other political systems. The paper also outlines the major features of Carl Schmitt's critiques of parliamentary democracy, in which he contrasts between how parliamentary government is designed to function and how it actually functions. The paper further discusses Schmitt's argument that democratic institutions function through corrupt political deal-making and that rational political debate and election results have little impact on government decision-making. The paper concludes that Mill and de Tocqueville realized that the solutions for these problems actually lay within the democratic system.
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"Schmitt was also critical of parliamentary systems because he believed that the nature of democracy itself is based upon meaningless abstractions such as equality and liberty. To him, these high-sounding concepts were little more than a sham, for most people care very little about equal rights and liberty and most political leaders care even less. Leaders deliver grand speeches in parliaments and legislatures about democracy, but behind the scenes, they act in their own self-interest. And in society, the average citizen is just as hypocritical, for they resent any action by the government or other citizens that is detrimental to their self-interest, while paying lip service to democracy and equal rights for all."
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"Democracy?s Discontent" vs. "Democracy in America", 2003.
A comparison of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" and Michael J. Sandel's "Democracy?s Discontent".
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This paper discusses how Alexis de Tocqueville in "Democracy in America" and Michael J. Sandel in "Democracy?s Discontent" both address issues of democracy, freedom, the role of government, and the good citizen. It looks at how their viewpoints differ because they write at different times of history. De Tocqueville writes at a time when democracy is a novel ideal. Aristocracy has been the main form of government, and this, therefore, plays a major role in his writing. Sandel, on the other hand, deals with contemporary issues such as the global community and the implications of new technology and diminishing boundaries among people.
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"De Tocqueville stresses the importance of civil equality in the achievement of true democracy. This equality implies the lack of divisions and barriers between social classes. This is the equality that he sees in American culture as opposed to European culture that still subscribes to the aristocratic means of government. The democratic ideal implies more freedom than would be possible with an aristocratic government: ?Let us suppose that all the people take a part in the government, and that each one of them has an equal right to take a part in it. As no one is different from his fellows, none can exercise a tyrannical power; men will be perfectly free because they are all entirely equal??(De Tocqueville, Book II, Chapter I)."
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