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9781438429625

Educating Democracy: Alexis De Tocqueville and Leadership in America

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    9781438429625

  • ISBN10:

    1438429622

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-01-02
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

Do strong leaders inevitably undermine democracies? Drawing upon the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville, Brian Danoff offers a compelling, revisionist analysis of the role of leadership in democratic societies. Rather than focusing on effectiveness or character to assess the quality of leaders in democracies, Tocqueville suggests that great democratic leaders are those who educate, elevate, and empower their fellow citizens; certain types of leadership enhance rather than diminish self-rule. Danoff then enriches and expands TocquevilleÆs perspective through the ideas of American theorists and statesmen such as Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, and the Antifederalists. Timely and necessary, this book sheds new light on both Tocqueville and on the role of leadership in American democracy. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Brian Danoff is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University in Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Tocqueville on Leadership and the Education of Democracyp. 9
The Antifederalists and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Democratic Authorityp. 39
Lincoln and Tocqueville on Democratic Leadership and Self-Interest Properly Understoodp. 67
Wilson and Tocqueville on Leadership and the ôCharacter Foundations of American Democracyöp. 103
The Vocation of the Democratic Moralist: Putnam, Tocqueville, and the Education of Democracy Todayp. 141
Notesp. 159
Bibliographyp. 199
Indexp. 211
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