He wrote an excellent book, "Democracy in America," on the subject. As that suggests, he found American democracy interesting, compelling, humanly imperfect. You can also go to www.adti.net. Cheers.
In his work 'Democracy in America'
Alexis de Tocqueville
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In his work 'Democracy in America'
De Tocqueville thought very highly of American democracy, describing its potential in perpetuation of the achievement of "human greatness" in his masterpiece, Democracy in America(1835). De Tocqueville viewed philosophies with a slight disdain because of their impracticality, but in the United States, he wrote that it exists as one of the most developed countries that does not preoccupy itself with "philosophic thought." De Tocqueville cites this as the reason for their achievements in politics, democracy and "human greatness."
Democracy is a political idea of how people should conduct their government. The Greeks were the first society to practice a form of democracy.
Alexis de Tocqueville's theory of Democracy is based on three "generative principles." The first of these "generative principles" is equality of conditions. For Democracy to exist there must be equality. In his famous work Democracy in America, Tocqueville states "rights must be given to each citizen or to no one." It is this equality of conditions that serve as the seeds of Democracy. According to Tocqueville, this equality of conditions served as a "generative principle" for Democracy Another "generative principle" for democracy was sovereignty of the people. Just as sovereignty of the people is a "generative principle," so is public opinion. Public opinion is what drives democracy. Despite the prospects of the tyranny of the majority, Tocqueville felt democracy was the way of the future. He believed that democracy was the destiny for modern nation states and that monarchies and aristocracies would soon disappear. Democracy represented the negation of the aristocracy. Tocqueville used the term "providential" when describing the spread of democracy. Tocqueville wanted to convey a sense of predetermined historical and divine triumph. In order for democracy to triumph the "generative principles" of equality of conditions, sovereignty of the people, and public opinion needed to exist.
Egalitarianismwas a value that de Tocqueville saw as essentially American.
Egalitarianismwas a value that de Tocqueville saw as essentially American.
One aspect of the American democracy that Alex de Tocqueville found so unusual was the fact that there were so many voluntary associations that were so varied and numerous and played a role in American politics. In Europe at the time, nothing was quite as comparable.
Democracy in America Found in American Destiny Fourth Edition chapter 10 page 272 at the end of paragraph 2
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Property & democracy, the Dorr War, Tocqueville on Democracy, the information revolution, the limits on democracy, a racial democracy, and race & class.
Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian, was inspired by the Puritans. He admired their spirit of democracy, self-reliance, and moral values, and wrote about their influence on American society in his book "Democracy in America."
A Frenchman named Alexis de Tocqueville.