Educating Democracy
Alexis de Tocqueville and Leadership in America
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2010
228 pages
978-1-4384-2963-2 (ISBN)
Description
Revisionist analysis of the role of strong leadership in democracies, drawing primarily upon the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Brian Danoff is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University in Ohio.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Tocqueville on Leadership and the Education of Democracy
2. The Antifederalists and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Democratic Authority
3. Lincoln and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Self-Interest Properly Understood
4. Wilson and Tocqueville on Leadership and the"Character Foundations of American Democracy"
5. The Vocation of the Democratic Moralist: Putnam, Tocqueville, and the Education of Democracy Today
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. Tocqueville on Leadership and the Education of Democracy
2. The Antifederalists and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Democratic Authority
3. Lincoln and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Self-Interest Properly Understood
4. Wilson and Tocqueville on Leadership and the"Character Foundations of American Democracy"
5. The Vocation of the Democratic Moralist: Putnam, Tocqueville, and the Education of Democracy Today
Notes
Bibliography
Index
