Morrow Elizabeth - An Analysis Of Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy In America - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Alexis de Tocqueville's 1838 Democracy in America is a classic of political theory and of the problem - solving skills central to putting forward political ideas. Problem - solving has several aspects: identifying problems finding methodologies to deal with them and applying the right criteria to work out how to solve them. Indeed offering solutions is only the last stage in a developed process of problem solving. For Tocqueville the problem at hand was how best to run a democratic state. In the early 19th century it seemed clear that Europe was headed in the direction of democracy but in the wake of the French Revolution it was unclear how to avoid the many pitfalls on that road. Tocqueville therefore turned to America then point the most established democracy in the world to investigate the institutions that allowed it to run as a successful state allowing people their say while preventing both the possible tyranny of the majority and the uncontrolled growth of government. Tocqueville's careful analysis of the strengths of American democracy was then applied to the problems of instituting democracy in France providing a range of solutions that proved deeply influential in European political thought.
Title: An Analysis Of Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy In America
Author(s): Morrow Elizabeth
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912127542
Pages: 100 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Political Science & Theory