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THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINING FREEDOM AND MORALITY IN A DEMOCRACY: INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA |
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In Democracy in America, Tocqueville looked to America to study democracy because he found there the image of democracy: its penchants, its character, its prejudices, and its passions. These very things coupled with the equality of conditions that Tocqueville found so prominently on display in America, however, threaten freedom and morality under certain conditions. My discussion focuses on the specific threats to freedom, including extreme individualism, majority tyranny, and despotism, and the various ways Tocqueville discusses in which America has checked those threats. |
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Name: American Political Science Association
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| Eastman, Elizabeth. "THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINING FREEDOM AND MORALITY IN A DEMOCRACY: INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66629_index.html> |
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| Eastman, E. C. , 2002-08-28 "THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINING FREEDOM AND MORALITY IN A DEMOCRACY: INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66629_index.html |
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Abstract: In Democracy in America, Tocqueville looked to America to study democracy because he found there the image of democracy: its penchants, its character, its prejudices, and its passions. These very things coupled with the equality of conditions that Tocqueville found so prominently on display in America, however, threaten freedom and morality under certain conditions. My discussion focuses on the specific threats to freedom, including extreme individualism, majority tyranny, and despotism, and the various ways Tocqueville discusses in which America has checked those threats. |
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| THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINING FREEDOM AND MORALITY IN A DEMOCRACY: INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Elizabeth C'de Baca Eastman Prepared for delivery at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Boston August 29 September 1 2002 DRAFT VERSION NOT FOR QUOTATION OR PUBLICATION ABSTRACT In Democracy in America Tocqueville looked to America to study democracy because he found there the image of democracy: its penchants its character its prejudices and its passions. |
| existence one that is on the decline and one that is emerging. Tocqueville himself was living amidst a people caught between the decline of an old way of life and the emergence of a new one that had many new facets but whose outcome was uncertain. He looked to America to gain insights that he could apply to Europe's situation but we too can learn lessons from his work that may well be valuable to us as we deal |
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